Scottish Rugby has confirmed the appointment of David Nucifora on a two-year advisory contract.
Nucifora joins having recently left his role as performance director with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), during which time the national team won four Six Nations titles, including two Grand Slams.
Under the Australian's watch, Ireland also had spells as the world's number one ranked team and won a Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time.
Scottish Rugby said the 62-year-old's remit will be to "drive change in all areas of our development structure to ensure we nurture Scotland’s best male and female talent".
Scotland Rugby News understands he will begin work with Scottish Rugby in October. Part of his role will be to advise the Scottish Rugby Limited board on the appointment of a permanent performance director.
Nucifora will also combine his work at Murrayfield with a consultancy role with Rugby Australia, to which he committed last year.
Scottish Rugby Limited chairman John McGuigan said: “I’m delighted David has agreed to join Scottish Rugby at a time of fundamental change in the sport.
"To ensure we can compete at the highest level we need someone of David’s experience to design and implement, at pace, a structure that supports our best talent.
"David’s success with the IRFU speaks for itself and we now look forward to his expertise being applied to the development of rugby in Scotland.”
Nucifora, who won two caps as a hooker for Australia and was part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup-winning Wallabies squad, said he is looking forward to working with Scottish Rugby.
He said: "I’m well aware of the ambition Scotland has as a rugby nation and the desire to nurture talent to ensure we can compete at the highest level over the long term.
"To ensure this ambition can be realised we will design and implement a structure which supports high performance outcomes.”
After his playing career David coached the ACT Brumbies from 2002, becoming the first Australian coach to reach three successive Super 12 finals, winning the title in 2004.
He was also named Australian Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He moved to the Auckland Blues in 2005 as a technical advisor and performance manager before being appointed head coach, a role he held until 2009.
From there David was appointed General Manager of the Australian Rugby Union High Performance Unit in 2009 and coached the Junior Wallabies in the Junior World Championships that year.
He joined the IRFU as High-Performance Director in June 2014, a role he has held since then until announcing in late 2023 his intention to move on to new projects this summer.
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