Charlie Shiel is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh pl ...

in the

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Shiel is the son of Graham Shiel, and grandson of

Dougie Morgan Douglas Waugh Morgan (9 March 1947 – 5 April 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. In 1977 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Stewart's Melville FP Stewart's Melvi ...

; both former Scotland rugby union international players. A former pupil of the

Royal High School, Edinburgh The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh is a co-educational school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. The school was founded in 1128 and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. It serves 1,200 pupils drawn from four feeder primar ...

, Shiel played for their then associated side RHC Cougars. He signed for

Currie Currie ( gd, Currach, IPA: �kʰuːᵲəx is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edi ...

in 2015. Shiel entered the

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in the 2015-16 season as a Stage 2 player.

Professional career

Shiel was previously enrolled in the BT Sport

as a Stage 3 player. Stage 3 players are aligned to a professional club and given regional support. In 2016,

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, Shiel first became a Stage 3 player assigned to

Shiel remains a Stage 3 player for the 2017-18 season still assigned to

. However Shiel has turned out 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 their 2017-18 pre-season match against

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...

International career

Shiel has played for Scotland U16, scoring two tries in his 3 caps for the side. He made an appearance off the bench for the Scotland U18 side against England U18. He has had 10 caps for the Scotland U20 side. Shiel received his first call up to the senior

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squad in February 2021 for the

2021 Six Nations Championship The 2021 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, ...

References

1997 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Currie RFC players Edinburgh Rugby players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players Rugby union players from Melrose, Scottish Borders Rugby union scrum-halves {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub