David McLeish (born 26 July 1975) is a former

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player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now

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at the number 8 position.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

McLeish broke into the

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first team when still a schoolboy. He moved through to Glasgow to study Product Design engineering at the University of Strathclyde. In Glasgow, McLeish first joined the amateur club Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians until 1994, when he won a place at West of Scotland

Professional career

He shared a flat with West of Scotland and

teammates

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and

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. All three players were called up by the fledgling professional Glasgow side. McLeish was a regular in the Glasgow side for 2 years and played in European competition for the club throughout his time there. As the No. 8 named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the

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- McLeish has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 8 for the provincial side. When not playing for Glasgow, McLeish played the rest of the season with West of Scotland.

International career

As a schoolboy at Kelso High School, McLeish represented Scotland Schoolboys at international level in 1993.

Business career

On the merger of the Scottish professional teams from four to two - involving Glasgow merging with the

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for the season 1998-99 - McLeish left professional rugby. He then moved into industry.https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dave-mcleish/1/b43/7a1

References

External links

European Professional Club Rugby profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeish, David 1975 births Living people Rugby union players from Glasgow Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Rugby union number eights West of Scotland FC players Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC players Kelso RFC players