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2007–08 Glasgow Warriors Season
The 2007–08 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the Celtic League and the Heineken Cup. Team Coaches Staff Chairman: Charles Shaw Chief Executive: Ian Riddoch Medical Team: Dr. Gerry Haggerty, Lisa Casey, Paul McGinley, Nicola McGuire Fitness Team: Gary Sheriff, Andy Smith, Ian Cleland Media Manager: Stuart Martin Kit Manager & Masseur: Dougie Mills Video Analyst: Robert Holdsworth Team Co-Ordinator: Kim Gray Community Board Members: Walter Malcolm, Douglas McCrea Community Marketing Officer: Natalie Duncan Administrator: Nicola Sturgeon Squad Academy players * Alan Dymock – Prop * Neil Rodger – Hooker * Pat MacArthur – Hooker * Richie Gray – Lock * Rob Harley – Flanker * Calum Forrester – Flanker * Andy Dymock – Scrum half * Jamie Hunter – Fly-half * Andy White – Fly-half * Steven Aitken – Centre * Scott Forrest – Centre * Richard Mills * Ben Addison – full back Player statistics During the 2007–08 season, Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became the first Scottish team to win a major trophy in rugby union's professional era. The side is known for its fast, dynamic and attacking style of play, using offloads and quick rucks. Defensively the club prides itself on its 'Fortress Scotstoun' where the club play at home. History Glasgow Warriors are a continuation of the amateur Glasgow District side founded in 1872. For the history of Glasgow as an amateur district side see: Reshaped as a professional club in 1996, Glasgow Warriors were originally known as Glasgow Rugby before rebranding as Glasgow Caledonians in 1998 by a merger with the Caledonian Reds. They dropped the Caledonians to become Glasgow Rugby in 2001 again and finally rebranded as the Glasgow Warriors in 2005. Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Kalman
Ed Kalman (born 7 December 1982) is a former Scottish rugby union internationalist, who played for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro12. He played as a prop; both at tighthead and loosehead. Rugby Union career Amateur career Having moved to Scotland from an early age, Kalman went to Belmont House School in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. He joined the local rugby club Whitecraigs RFC. He played for the Glasgow District team for their under-20s from 2000–2002. Kalman studied Physics at Durham University. He was a member of the Durham University rugby side that won the 2004 BUSA final at Twickenham. From the north-east he then moved to Cambridge University. He was at tight head in the Cambridge University R.U.F.C. team who beat Oxford in the 2005 University match at Twickenham. He played in a Gael Force team formed by the SRU to play in the British and Irish Cup. Professional career In the north-east of England he was signed by Newcastle Falcons academy. He played one loan ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Gregor
Colin Gregor (born 31 May 1981) is a retired Scottish rugby union player. He was the captain of the Scotland 7s team from 2009 to 2014. He is only the eighth player, and first Scot, to score over 1,000 points on the IRB Sevens World Series. He is one of only 13 in all forms of rugby. Gregor retired as the most capped sevens player in Scottish history, playing in 58 IRB Sevens World Series tournaments, three Sevens World Cups (in Hong Kong 2005, Dubai 2009 and Moscow 2013) and two Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, 2006. And as captain at Glasgow 2014. He played as a Scrum-half or Fly-half. Professional career Prior to signing a full-time contract to captain the 7s team in 2011, Gregor signed professional terms with Glasgow Warriors in 2004. Colin amassed over 100 appearances in 8 years at the Glasgow Warriors. During this time he also featured 9 times for Scotland A, including selection for the Churchill Cup in 2006 and 2008, alongside regular appearances on the IRB Sevens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Vernon
Richie Vernon (born 7 July 1987) is a former Scotland international rugby union player with London Scottish. He previously was with Glasgow Warriors, playing for the Glasgow side over two spells. He has also previously played for the now defunct Border Reivers and Sale Sharks. Rugby union career Amateur career Educated at the High School of Dundee, Vernon then played for Dundee HSFP. Vernon has been drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season. Professional career Vernon started his pro career at the Border Reivers until they disbanded in 2007. His contract was then move to Glasgow where he would breakthrough into the team playing mainly at No. 8 or openside flanker. With the establishment of the "Killer B's" as the first choice back row at Glasgow, he left the Warriors in 2011 for Sale Sharks, signing a two-year deal with hopes for more gametime to develop his game and enhance his prospects for more caps with Scotland. At the end of 2013 he return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Swindall
Steve Swindall (born 11 December 1982 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union footballer who played for Glasgow Warriors. He played internationally for the Scotland 'A' side. Club career Swindall came through the amateur ranks playing for Whitecraigs before playing for Glasgow Hawks. Swindall made his Glasgow Warriors debut in 2004 playing against Yorkshire Carnegie, then known as Leeds Tykes, in a pre-season friendly. He landed a professional deal with Glasgow Warriors in 2005. He left Glasgow to play for the Rotherham Titans Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans is a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, currently playing in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system, following their relegation from the Nat ... in 2009 but stayed for only one year, rejoining Glasgow for a final season in 2010-11. He then played for amateur club Stirling County. He now plays and coaches in Austin, Texas in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Macfadyen
Donald John Hunter Macfadyen (born 11 October 1979) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Flanker. He made over 100 appearances for Glasgow Warriors from 1999 to 2008. Rugby Union career Amateur career Macfadyen played for Edinburgh Academicals at an amateur level before being signed for Glasgow Warriors. Professional career He played for London Scottish but the club went into administration and he returned to Scotland. He played for Glasgow Warriors from 1999 and racked up well over a hundred caps. He retired from rugby in 2008. International career He was the Lloyds TSB Young Player of the Year in season 1999–2000, during which he played eight times for Scotland under-21, seven as captain. Donnie captained Scotland under-21 throughout the Southern Hemisphere Alliance tournament in the summer of 2000, including the draw against Australia and the victory against Tonga. The following season, 2000–2001, he captained Scottish Students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Eddie
James Eddie (born 3 June 1985) is a Scottish former professional Rugby union player. He played as a flanker or lock for Glasgow Warriors in the Guinness PRO12. Eddie has represented both Scotland A and Scotland Sevens The Scotland Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the Sevens World Series. In the 2014-15 season it was the penultimate event of the Sevens World Series circuit. It was first held in 2007 but has been removed from the series ... and has made 126 appearances for his club since joining as an apprentice in 2004 and earning his professional contract in 2006. On 26 April 2016 James Eddie announced his retirement from playing professional rugby with immediate effect. A huge fans favourite, Eddie paid tribute to the fans on his retiral: "The Glasgow Warriors supporters have always had my back, they've been amazing and I want to thank them for all the support they've given me." This was echoed by Gregor Townsend: "James has been a great role mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Brown
Kelly Brown (born 8 June 1982) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player. He won 64 caps for the Scotland national team, and played club rugby for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and Saracens as a flanker. He retired from playing in 2017 to become a coach with Saracens' academy. Brown moved to an Assistant Coach position at Glasgow Warriors in 2020 before returning to Saracens in 2021. Early life Brown was born on 8 June 1982 in Edinburgh, and grew up in Melrose in the Scottish Borders, attending Earlston High School . Club career Brown played professionally for Border Reivers until the end of the 2006–07 season, when the club was disbanded. After that he played for the Glasgow Warriors. On 19 January 2010, it was confirmed that Brown had signed a deal with Rugby Premiership club Saracens. He started as Saracens won their first Premiership title in 2011. He retired in 2017. International career Brown made his debut for the Scottish national side on 5 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barclay (rugby Union)
John Adam Barclay (born 25 September 1986) is a Scottish former rugby union player, who played as a flanker and Number 8. He made 76 international appearances for the Scotland national team 2007–2019. He played at three world cups. He played club rugby for Glasgow Warriors, Scarlets and Edinburgh Rugby. Early life Barclay was born in Hong Kong, where he went to Bradbury School, discovering mini rugby at Stanley Fort RFC. Barclay later attended Dollar Academy in Scotland, where he captained the school's 1st XV to victory against the High School of Dundee in the Scottish Schools Cup final at Murrayfield in 2004. Career Barclay joined Glasgow Warriors as an apprentice in 2004. Immediately after leaving school, while still only 17, he was invited to train with the Scotland squad by then-coach Matt Williams. After Williams' departure Barclay was not picked for the Scotland squad again until the 2007 World Cup after a run of strong performances for club side Glasgow Warriors. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Turner (rugby Union)
Dan Turner (born 9 February 1980) (also known as Otaihanga Dan, Diesel Turbo, Dulcet Tones, DT or the Detonator) is a New Zealand born Scotland A international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position. He played for Canterbury University in New Zealand and was part of the Canterbury Crusaders development squad. He signed for Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ... in 2004. He qualified for Scotland through residency and confirmed his Scottish nationality by receiving a Scotland A cap in 2008. He gained seven caps for Scotland A. Turner moved from Glasgow to Japan in 2010. He played a year in Japan, turning out for Toyota Shokki, before moving back to New Zealand. He is now a civil engineer for Land Matters Limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opeta Palepoi
Opeta Palepoi (born 2 December 1975) is a Samoan rugby union footballer, with 48 caps. He currently plays for Scottish side Gala RFC. He has previously played for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and English club Harlequins. His first start for Glasgow Warriors was in season 2002–03. He played in the 2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship, the Bank of Scotland Pro Cup, against Border Reivers on 31 December 2002. The Warriors lost the match 21–6. He is 1.95m tall and weighs 106 kg. He was also a part of the Samoa squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ... in Australia. References External links ERC Rugby profileIRB 2003 profileManu Samoa supporters website 1975 births Living people Border Reivers players Samoa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Newman
Andrew Newman (born 7 January 1978 in Leicester, England) is a former Welsh international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position. Rugby Union career Amateur career Newman played for Neath and Swansea at amateur level. Professional career He started at Northampton Saints and won the Heineken Cup with them in 2000 but he finished playing with them in 2001. He moved on to play with the Ospreys in 2003. He made 75 appearances for the Welsh team and scored 6 tries with them. He won the Celtic League while with Ospreys. He signed for Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ... in 2006. He also played for Grenoble and London Scottish. International career He was capped by Wales at U21 level and at 'A' grade. Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
