Dougie Fife (born 8 August 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for the

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(MLR). He previously played 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 play ...

and the

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Career

He has represented Scotland at the under-17, under-19 and under-20 age groups, as well as in the

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. Fife spent most of the 2010–11 season with the

Scotland Sevens The Scotland Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the Sevens World Series. In the 2014-15 season it was the penultimate event of the Sevens World Series circuit. It was first held in 2007 but has been removed from the series ...

team. Fife received his first full international call-up on 15 January 2014, when he was named in Scotland's 36-man training squad ahead of the

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by Head Coach Scott Johnson. His first international try came during a narrow defeat to France on the opening weekend of the

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. At the end of the 2015–16 season Fife left Edinburgh Rugby for the Scotland 7s team before rejoining for the 2017–18 season. He was called up to Scotland's 2018 summer tour of the Americas, scoring tries in both appearances (against the US and Argentina). Fife signed a two-year contract with the US

team

in August 2020. He started 29 games over two seasons and led the Free Jacks to a first-place divisional finish and playoff appearance in 2022. In September 2022 the

announced they had signed Fife to a two-year contact."NOLA signs New England fullback Dougie Fife," America's Rugby News, 26 September 2022, https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/09/26/nola-signs-new-england-fullback-dougie-fife/ He currently plays fullback for the team.

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Dougie Fife
at itsrugby.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Fife, Dougie 1990 births Living people Edinburgh Rugby players Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Rugby union players from Edinburgh Rugby union wings Currie RFC players Scotland international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players New England Free Jacks players New Orleans Gold players