Australian ex-player Stephen Hoiles featured in MLR between 2021-2022, and again between 2025-2026. He served as Head Coach of the LA Giltinis between 2021-2022, and as Director of Rugby for Rugby FC LA between 2025-2026.

As a player, Hoiles played with the famous Randwick Galloping Green at club level before joining the Australia 7s team in 2001, and earned his 15s test debut for the Wallabies against Scotland in 2004. That same year he played with the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby, where he played until he joined the Brumbies in between 2007-2011. In 2012 he returned to the Waratahs where he played until 2015, when he retired. Hoiles then started a role as a commentator and presenter for FOX Sports, before starting his coaching career in 2018.

Hoiles serves as Forwards and Defence Coach of the LA Giltinis when they entered MLR in 2021, when they lifted the Shield in their debut season. Hoiles returned with the Giltinis as Head Coach in 2022, but following the fallout of ‘Gilly-Gate’, the Disqualification from the 2022 MLR Playoffs of the LA Giltinis and Austin Gilgronis, he returned to Australia. Hoiles then took up the role of Head Coach of his former club, the Randwick Galloping Green. He coached Randwick to the 2023 Shute Shield title, the club’s first since 2004, Hoiles’ first season playing with Randwick. The following season he was named as the 2024 Shute Shield Coach of the Year.

On 4th October 2024, Rugby FC LA announced that they had hired Stephen Hoiles as Head Coach and Director of Rugby for the 2025 & 2026 MLR seasons. This will be Hoiles’ first role as DoR.