Charles Afuakwah (born 27 June 1966 in
Ghana) is a Ghanaian-born
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
former
rugby union player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now
Glasgow Warriors at the
Lock position.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Before professionalism he played for
Glasgow Academicals RFC.
He played for newly merged team
Glasgow Hawks from 1997 while he still played with the professional Glasgow side.
Provincial and professional career
He played for the provincial
Glasgow District side before it became professional as
Glasgow Warriors.
When the provincial side professionalised in 1996, Afuakwah was the starting Lock in Glasgow's
European Rugby Challenge Cup match against French side
AS Montferrand
Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne () is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Clermont are two times French ...
. He has the
Glasgow Warrior No. 24.
Afuakwah played for Glasgow in the European Cup matches against
Ulster Rugby and
London Wasps in season 1997-98. Glasgow won against
Ulster Rugby but was beaten by Wasps.
He left Glasgow to solely play for amateur side
Glasgow Hawks RFC
Glasgow Hawks is an amateur rugby union team in Glasgow, Scotland. They were Premiership Division One champions for three consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06.
History
In Paris on 27 August 1995 a meeting of the International Rugby ...
in 1998 on Glasgow's merger with
Caledonia Reds.
Administrative career
He is now President of the
Glasgow Hawks club.
Dental career
Outwith rugby, Afuakwah is now a dentist practising at Crosshill Dental Practice in Port Glasgow.
External links
EPC profile
Statbunker
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Afuakwah, Charles
1966 births
Living people
Glasgow Warriors players
Scottish rugby union players
Glasgow Hawks players
Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby union locks