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Ross McCann
Ross McCann (born 30 October 1997) is a Scottish rugby player who plays as a winger. From a sporting family, he and his brothers Ali McCann, who is a footballer who plays for Preston North End F.C., and Lewis McCann who plays for Dunfermline F.C., are all from Edinburgh, born to an English mother and a Northern Irish father. Ross McCann went to school in Cramond and then the Royal High School, Edinburgh and was a school friend of Charlie Shiel with whom he also played for the Royal High Corstorphine RFC and represented the under-20s for Scotland together. McCann went on then to play for Stewart's Melville RFC and Melrose RFC. He signed a full-time contract to play in Scotland's sevens squad in 2018. In March 2021 he was named in the Great Britain Rugby Sevens training squad ahead of the 2020 Summer Games. On 18 June 2021 McCann was confirmed in the official Britain squad to travel to Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melrose RFC
Melrose may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Melrose Abbey, ruined monastery ** Melrose RFC, rugby club Australia * Melrose, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region * Melrose, Queensland (Southern Downs Region), a neighbourhood in Killarney * Melrose, South Australia, a town in the southern Flinders Ranges * Melrose, Tasmania, a locality in the North-West Region * Melrose Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide Canada * Melrose, Hastings County, Ontario, a community in the township of Tyendinaga * Melrose, Middlesex County, Ontario, a community in the township of Middlesex Centre * Melrose, Nova Scotia * Melrose, New Brunswick * Melrose, Newfoundland and Labrador * Melrose, Nova Scotia Mauritius * Melrose, Mauritius, a village in Mauritius New Zealand * Melrose, New Zealand, a suburb in the Eastern Ward of Wellington City South Africa * Melrose, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg * Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Rugby Sevens Players For Great Britain
Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD * Wenlock Olympian Games, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held since 1850 * Olympic (greyhounds), a competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Clubs and teams * Adelaide Olympic FC, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia * Fribourg Olympic, a professional basketball club based in Fribourg, Switzerland * Sydney Olympic FC, an Australian soccer club * Olympic Club (Barbacena), a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state * Olympic Mvolyé, a Cameroonian football club based in Mvolyé * Olympic Club (Egypt), a football and sports club based in Alexandria * Blackburn Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire * Rushall Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Sevens Players At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Rugby Sevens Players
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Living People
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1997 Births
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Guy Kelly (rugby Union)
Guy Kelly (November 22, 1906 – February 24, 1940) was an American jazz trumpeter born in Louisiana, perhaps best known for his work in Chicago the 1920s and 1930s with jazz musicians such as Albert Ammons and Jimmie Noone. Kelly worked in New Orleans during the 1920s with bandleaders such as Papa Celestin Oscar Phillip Celestin (January 1, 1884 – December 15, 1954) better known by stage name Papa Celestin was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Life and career Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana, to a Creole family, son of a s ..., among others. Kelly appears on the Noone classic ''"The Blues Jumped a Rabbit"'', recorded Chicago January 15, 1936. Kelly died February 24, 1940. Swing trumpeters American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters 1906 births 1940 deaths 20th-century American musicians 20th-century trumpeters 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians {{US-jazz-trumpeter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Fraser (rugby Union)
Angus Fraser (born 9 December 1999 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player. He plays as a Hooker for Glasgow Warriors. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Dundee HSFP, before the club merged with Morgan Academy RFC in 2021. He was a recipient of the MacPhail Scholarship for the 2017-18 season, and as result had 5 months in South Africa at Stellenbosch University to aid his rugby development. Professional career He was given a place in the Scottish Rugby Academy for the 2020-21 season and assigned to Glasgow Warriors. There was no Super 6 tournament that season, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However the following season he remained in the academy assigned to Glasgow Warriors, but he was also assigned to Stirling Wolves. He was graduated out of the academy and was given a professional contract by the Warriors in May 2021. He made his competitive debut for the Glasgow side in the European Challenge Cup against Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Macphail Scholarship
The John Macphail Scholarship is an annual rugby union scholarship award in Scotland. It was first given to talented young players; and was later the scholarship also extended to coaches seeking development. The scholarship is named after the former Scotland international rugby union player John Macphail, who died in 2004. The scholarship is a 5 month immersive rugby union programme abroad. Previously award winners have gone to New Zealand, recent award winners now go to South Africa for the programme. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the scholarship was not awarded in 2020 or 2021. John Macphail John Macphail was a Scottish rugby union player who played for Edinburgh Academicals, Edinburgh District and the Scotland international side. He was capped twice in the period 1949 to 1951. He became Chairman of the Edrington Group in Drumchapel, Glasgow; and was awarded a CBE. The Edrington Group is a private company, known for its whiskies like The Famous Grouse, Cutty Sark and The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callum Hunter-Hill
Callum Hunter-Hill (born 27 February 1997 in Melrose, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Saracens. He typically plays second-row. Rugby Union career Amateur career Whilst in Gullane Primary School, Hunter-Hill first played mini rugby for North Berwick Rugby Club. His rugby talent was spotted while at Stewart's Melville College. He won the Brewin Dolphin Shield with Stewart's Melville. He later won a place to be coached in New Zealand in the summer of 2015 winning the prestigious John Macphail Scholarship. He spent 15 weeks there. He played for Stirling County, captaining the side, when not involved in Warriors duty. Professional career He was named as part of the new Glasgow district Rugby Academy founded by the Scottish Rugby Union in 2015. He made his debut for Glasgow Warriors coming off the bench in a friendly against the Army Rugby Union side in September 2015. The Warriors won the match 71–0. Hunter-Hill again turned out for the Warriors i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
