Chris Fusaro (born 21 July 1989 in
Kirkcaldy,
Scotland
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) is a
Scotland
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international
rugby union
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player. He plays for
Glasgow Warriors
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as a flanker.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Early in 2007 he was among a group of boys who achieved a notable double in playing for two trophy-winning teams at Murrayfield in eight days –
Bell Baxter High School
Bell Baxter High School is a non-denominational comprehensive school for 11 to 18-year-olds in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Founded in 1889, it educates over 1,500 pupils mainly from the surrounding villages.
The school is one of 18 secondary sc ...
beating Dollar Academy 20–8 in the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup final, and
Howe of Fife
The Howe of Fife is the broad, low-lying valley of the River Eden, lying between the Ochil Hills and the Lomond Hills in Fife, Scotland. ''Howe'', in Scots means a hollow or a plain bounded by hills. The alternative terms ''Laich of Fife'' and ...
winning the SRU Youth League final against Musselburgh by 27–14.
He plays for
Stirling County when not needed by the Warriors.
Professional career
Fusaro signed 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 summer
2010.
He had to be patient in his first season at Warriors but he burst into the team in season
2011–12 establishing himself as a key component of the Glasgow pack, noted for his aggression and ball-winning ability at openside.
He was voted Glasgow Warriors' 2011–12 Player of the Year by the club's fans (with 40% of the vote), having already been named Players' Player of the Season and the club's Player of the Season.
He was rewarded with a contract extension that kept him at the club until the end of May
2014
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.
He has now made over 100 appearances for the Warriors and is contracted till 2018.
International career
Fusaro won honours at all three Scotland age-grade levels from under-18 to under-20 as well as Scotland 7s and
Scotland A squads.
Fusaro represented Scotland A at the IRB Nations Cup in Romania and represented his country at rugby sevens in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
In sevens, he played for the Rugby Ecosse Scotland squad in the Singapore event in October 2007, played for Scotland in the eight tournaments on the
2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series as well as a further two in the
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Coaching career
On 21 July 2016 it was announced that Fusaro would become a backroom coach at
Stirling County in addition to his Warriors duties.
He moved to be an Assistant Coach of
Glasgow High Kelvinside
Glasgow High Kelvinside , often abbreviated to GHK, is an amateur rugby union club in Glasgow, Scotland. They currently play in Scottish National League Division One.
History
Glasgow High Kelvinside was formed in 1982 by the merger of Kelvin ...
in 2019.
Outside of rugby
Athletics
Fusaro was also part of the Bell Baxter 4 × 100 m relay team which won the Scottish Schools Under-17 Championship.
Family
He is of Scottish and Italian ancestry.
On 13 June 2015 Fusaro married his long term girlfriend, Katie Megan Fusaro.
On 9 June 2016 Fusaro and his wife, Katie Fusaro, gave birth to their first child Sofia Rita Fusaro.
On 16 April 2018 Federico David Fusaro joined the family.
References
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1989 births
Living people
Scottish rugby union coaches
Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Glasgow Warriors players
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
People educated at Bell Baxter High School
Italian Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby sevens players
Scotland 'A' international rugby union players
Stirling County RFC players
Howe of Fife RFC players
Male rugby sevens players
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Scotland
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Rugby union players from Kirkcaldy