Finlay Gillies (born 13 February 1989) is a Scottish

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 its m ...

player. He played as a hooker 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 the

PRO12 The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. The current name was adopted in 2021 when the league expanded to include four South Afr ...

. Gillies has represented both Scotland under 20 and

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 ...

and has made more than 20 appearances for his club since joining in 2010. Gillies left Glasgow at the end of the 2013–14 season. In January 2015 Gillies was named as player-coach of

Glasgow Hawks Glasgow Hawks is an amateur rugby union team in Glasgow, Scotland. They were Premiership Division One champions for three consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06. History In Paris on 27 August 1995 a meeting of the International Rugby ...

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Finlay Gillies ESPN Scrum Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillies, Finlay Scottish rugby union players 1989 births Rugby union hookers Living people Glasgow Warriors players Edinburgh Rugby players Scotland international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players