Alex Taylor (born c. 1990 in

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) is a

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player who plays for Stirling County as a Number Eight.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Having started his rugby at

Southland Boys' High School Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982. History SBHS was founded in 1881 and ...

, Taylor moved on to senior club play for

Woodlands Rugby Club Woodlands Rugby Club is an amateur rugby team that plays in the ILT Southland Wide Premier Division. The team has many Stags stars such as Robbie Robinson, Joe Tuineau and Pehi Te Whare. The team includes Jimmy Cowan and Jamie Mackintosh ...

. He was part of 4 Galbraith Shield wins which included a 3 peat. Having moved to Spain for a short term contract with top club VRAC in Valladolid. Taylor has since moved to Scotland, where now plays for Stirling County.

Professional career

Taylor played provincial rugby in

before moving to

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. He played for

alongside John Hardie. He also played 7s for Southland where he competed in two national tournaments. In 2015, he left

to go to

. Taylor played 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 ...

against Canada 'A' on 30 August 2016.

International career

He has represented

at schoolboy and age grade level teams. He was a trialist of the

New Zealand Under 20 team New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

ahead of the 2011 World Cup in Argentina. f

References

External links

ESPN ProfileAlex Tayloe Youtube HighlightsSouthland profileHeadshot imageRugby image
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