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2008 Scotland Rugby Union Tour Of Argentina
The 2008 Scotland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in Argentina by the Scotland national team. It consisted of two tests v. the Argentine side, with one win for both teams. Players In May 2008, the Scottish Rugby Union announced the list of players to tour to Argentina: on Scottish Rugby, 7 May 2008 Backs *Chris Paterson (Gloucester) *Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh Rugby) *Simon Danielli (Ulster) *Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors) *Ben Cairns (Edinburgh Rugby) *Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors) *Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors) *Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby) *Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) *Phil Godman (Edinburgh Rugby) *Rory Lawson (Gloucester) *Mike Blair (Edinburgh Rugby) (capt)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Scotland Rugby Union Tour Of South Africa
The 2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2006 in South Africa by Scotland national rugby union team. The Matches * Source: The Observer South Africa: 15.Percy Montgomery, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Jaque Fourie, 12.Jean de Villiers, 11. André Snyman, 10.Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9.Fourie du Preez, 8. Joe van Niekerk, 7.Juan Smith, 6.Schalk Burger, 5.Victor Matfield, 4.Danie Rossouw, 3. Eddie Andrews, 2.John Smit (capt.), 1. Os du Randt, – ''replacements:'' 16. Hanyani Shimange, 17. Lawrence Sephaka, 18. Johann Muller, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 20. Ricky Januarie, 21. Wynand Olivier, 22. Gaffie du Toit Scotland: 15.Hugo Southwell, 14.Chris Paterson, 13. Marcus di Rollo, 12. Andrew Henderson, 11.Sean Lamont, 10.Dan Parks, 9.Mike Blair, 8.Ally Hogg, 7. Donnie Macfadyen, 6. Jason White (capt.), 5. Scott Murray, 4.Nathan Hines, 3. Bruce Douglas, 2. Scott Lawson, 1.Gavin Kerr, – ''replacements:'' 16.Dougie Hall, 17. Craig Smith, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Morrison
Graeme Morrison (born 17 October 1982 in Hong Kong) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer. He played for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland as a Centre. Rugby Union career Amateur career Morrison played as a schoolboy for, Dollar Academy, where he captained the first XV. Professional career He played for Glasgow Warriors for 10 years, making 176 appearances and 110 points. On 20 May 2013, after a successful season for Glasgow, third in the Pro12 and Semi-finals of the play-offs, Graeme announced his retirement from rugby on medical advice, struggling with persistent knee problems. International career He has represented Scotland at under-21 level. Morrison played in all four tests against Australia in 2004. He scored his first international try in the win over Japan at McDiarmid Park in the same year. Since then, he has gone on to win more than 30 test caps for Scotland. He was recalled to the Scotland team for the first time in four years, for the Calcutta Cup tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Lozada
Esteban Lozada (born January 8, 1982, in Belgium) is a former Argentine rugby union player who last played for English team London Wasps in the Aviva Premiership. He also played for the Argentina national team and was part of the 2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ... squad. He debuted with "Los Pumas" on November 11, 2006. Weighing 110 kg (242 lbs), he stands 1.94m tall (6 ft 4in) and his position is lock. In May 2014 Lozada announced his retirement from Rugby. References External linksUAR profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozada, Esteban [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair Strokosch
Alasdair Strokosch (born 21 February 1983, Paisley, Scotland) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer who last played in the Pro D2 for USA Perpignan. He previously played for Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership and Edinburgh in the Pro12. He played as a flanker. Strokosch started his professional career with Edinburgh Rugby. Before his first professional contract he played with Boroughmuir and East Kilbride rugby clubs. Strokosch has represented Scotland in various competitions with the 'Sevens' and 'A' teams, his first full international cap for the Senior Scotland squad being on 25 November 2006 against Australia. Strokosch is a member of the Scottish Institute of Sport Sportscotland (officially styled sport), formerly the Scottish Sports Council, is the national agency for sport in Scotland. The Scottish Sports Council was established in 1972 by royal charter. The body works in partnership with public, pri .... At the age of 12 became a black belt in ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Durand
Martín Durand (born 30 May 1976) is an Argentine former rugby union footballer. His usual position is at flanker. He played for the Montpellier Hérault RC club in the French Top 14 competition. Durand was born in Buenos Aires and played 60 games for Argentina, including as part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2007 Rugby World Cup squads. Durand was awarded the Olimpia de Plata The Olimpia Awards ( es, Premios Olimpia) are Argentine sports awards given annually by the ' (Association of Sports Journalists) since 1954. An ' (Silver Olimpia) is awarded to the outstanding performer in 41 sports. Among the ' winners an ' ... for Rugby in 2006. References External links Martín Durandat UAR.com.ar Martín Durandon rwc2003.irb.com on lequipe.fr Martín Durandon ercrugby.com 1976 births Argentine people of French descent Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Argentine rugby union players Living people Rugby union flankers Argentina international rugby union playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Hogg
Allister Hogg (born 20 January 1983 in Stirling, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays at either flanker or number eight formerly for Scotland and vice-captain for Newcastle Falcons. Early life He attended Stirling High School, Hogg has also played basketball for Scotland at under-16 level. He graduated from Telford College in Edinburgh with an HND in Sports Coaching & Sports Development. Club career Hogg signed his first pro contract with for Edinburgh Rugby in 2002 and went on to establish himself as a first team regular as well as an onfield leader of the team. Hogg was named Edinburgh's first team captain in the summer of 2007 (alongside Simon Cross) following major restructuring of the club and a time that several large name players left. He became a talismanic player for the club during the upheaval and played every game in his final season at the club when he departed for Newcastle Falcons in 2010. He played for Watsonian RFC in the 92nd Langholm Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (born 19 November 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Toulon in the French Top 14, having moved from Sale Sharks in England's Guinness Premiership. He previously played for Liceo Naval. He usually plays in the back row. He made his debut for the Sale Sharks in 2006 against the Leicester Tigers. His debut season for the Sharks was the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership. He was Sale's first XV captain. He made his international debut for Argentina in 2004 against Uruguay. He was a part of the Pumas team that defeated Wales at home in a two Test series, scoring a try in one game. Fernández Lobbe featured in the side that defeated England at Twickenham in November 2006 as well as back to back victories over Ireland the following year. And he was an integral part of the Los Pumas team in their 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign which succeeded in gaining Argentina's highest World Cup finish of third place. He pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnnie Beattie
John William Beattie (born 21 November 1985) is a Scottish former rugby union player. A number 8, he played for Glasgow Warriors, Montpellier, Castres and Bayonne. Background Beattie is the son of former Scotland number 8 John Beattie and brother of Scotland women's footballer Jen Beattie. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, and played age group rugby for Glasgow and Scotland. As a youth, Beattie also represented Scotland at cricket and played football for the Rangers youth team. International career Beattie gained his first cap against Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... on 18 November 2006. He was named in the XV for the standout performers of the 2010 Six Nations Championship by ''Planet Rugby''. He won 38 caps in total scoring 3 tries. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Manuel Leguizamón
Juan Manuel Leguizamón (born 6 June 1983) is an Argentine rugby union footballer for Rugby United New York (RUNY) of Major League Rugby (MLR). He plays as a flanker or a number eight. Leguizamón previously played for the Jaguares, the Argentine side which made its debut in Super Rugby for the 2016 season. He first played for Santiago Lawn Tennis Club, playing for San Isidro Club in 2003–04, where he won two URBA championships. He also played for the London Irish (2005–06, 2007–08) in England, and for Stade Français (2008–09, 2010–11) as well as Lyon OU (2011–15) in the Top 14 and Pro D2 leagues of France. Leguizamón played 87 tests for Argentina from 2005 to 2019, including four Rugby World Cups and also captaining the team three times in his career. International career Leguizamón made his debut with ''Los Pumas'' in April 2005 in a match against Japan, won 68 to 36 in Buenos Aires. On his debut, he also scored his first try for Argentina. He ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Blair
Michael Robert Leighton Blair (born 20 April 1981) is a Scottish rugby union coach who was formerly a professional player. He is the head coach of Edinburgh. He played at scrum-half for Glasgow Warriors, Newcastle Falcons, CA Brive and Edinburgh Rugby. He represented the Scotland national side 85 times, as well as the touring with the British & Irish Lions in 2009. He retired from playing on 21 April 2016 aged 35. He then became an assistant coach with Glasgow Warriors and then an assistant coach of the Scottish national team. He was the first Scottish player to be nominated for the title of IRB World Player of the Year. Club career Blair spent most of his club career at Edinburgh, and was named in the Pro12 Dream team at the end of the 2007/08 season. Blair spent the 2012–13 season playing in France with Brive helping them to gain promotion back to the Top 14. Blair then returned to the UK to play for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership. He joined Glasgow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Vergallo
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) * Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Parks
Daniel Arthur Parks (born 26 May 1978) is an Australian-born former international rugby union player and now coach. His primary playing position was at fly-half. Parks played professionally for Pro12 sides Glasgow Warriors, Cardiff Blues and Connacht Rugby as well as English side Leeds Tykes. He secured international caps for from 2004 to 2012. Parks is also the record holder for points scored in the Pro12 with a combined total of 1,582 points. Parks announced his retirement from playing rugby on 25 June 2014. Youth and amateur career Parks was brought up in Sydney, and early on he played rugby for West Harbour RUFC, Southern Districts RUFC and Eastern Suburbs RUFC which brought about the nickname 'Compass'. Parks also represented New South Wales at Under-21 level. During his playing days in the Sydney rugby union competition, Parks broke a long-standing point scoring record for the third fifteen's highest scoring replacement in a friendly game. Professional career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |