Eric Milligan (born 28 September 1981 in

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) is a

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former

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player who played for

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. He normally plays at

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but can also play

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. He studied to be a teacher at Edinburgh University. Milligan is now a teacher at St Columba's School, Kilmacolm. He is the Director of Sport and Physical Education and coaches the school rugby team.

Amateur career

He represented Glasgow District U16 at provincial level. He played for

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

and

Currie RFC Currie Rugby Football Club are an Edinburgh-based rugby union club in the Scottish Rugby Union, they currently play in the Scottish Premiership. Despite the name, "Currie" RFC is actually based in the neighbouring suburb of Balerno, and they pl ...

before joining

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He went on to captain the Hawks side. While with the Warriors he played for

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ...

. He left the Warriors for a career as a teacher in 2009. That year he re-joined

Professional career

In 1997-98 season he was picked as one of the Glasgow Thistles to go to New Zealand and continue his rugby education in the summer of 1998. At the time he was still playing rugby for his school Stewarton Academy and

. He was a backup player for the Warriors in seasons 2003-04 and 2004-05. He was promoted from Glasgow Warrior's academy in 2005-06 season. He played 31 times for the Warriors.

International career

Milligan played for Scotland U16, Scotland U19 and Scotland U21 He also played for

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1981 births Living people Rugby union hookers Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Kilmarnock RFC players Glasgow Hawks players Hawick RFC players Currie RFC players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub