David William Blair (born 14 July 1985) is a Scottish former
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
player who played
Stand Off and played for Sale Sharks from 2003 to 2007 and then
Edinburgh Gunners
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 ...
in the Magners League from 2007 to 2011. Blair was captain and the highest points scorer for Scotland Under 21 in the team's history. He is the younger brother of Scotland captain
Mike Blair who also plays for Edinburgh, as did a third brother
Alex.
David Blair started at
Sale Sharks and then moved to Edinburgh to join up with his brother. David has also represented Scotland A team on several occasions.
An injury to Phil Godman in September 2010 made him the first choice standoff for Edinburgh. He started with a man of the match performance to beat Leinster.
References
1985 births
Living people
Scottish rugby union players
Rugby union players from Edinburgh
Edinburgh Rugby players
Scottish schoolteachers
Alumni of the University of Stirling
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