Gareth Flockhart (born 11 May 1972 in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

) is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

former Scotland A international

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 who played 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 ...

and

Caledonia Reds Caledonia Reds were a Scottish rugby union professional district team who participated in the Scottish Inter-District Championship and in two seasons of the Heineken Cup. They evolved from one of the traditional four amateur districts of Scotland ...

at the Flanker position. He played for amateur sides Stirling County 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 ...

. He also played Sevens for

Watsonians Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...

. He now plays for North Berwick RFC. He played in the district side and had a tour in Zimbabwe but did not receive a full Scotland cap. A call for full respective caps to be given to Flockhart and others to the SRU was made in 2009. Flockhart began his professional career with

in 1996 before they merged with the Glasgow side in 1998. Flockhart then joined Glasgow Caledonians, now

for the next four seasons. He was part of the Glasgow side that played against the touring

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

in 2000. He played in the fledgling Celtic League in its first season (2001–02) making 5 appearances and scoring 2 tries for Glasgow. Flockhart returned to the

side in 2002 to replace the injured Gprdon Simpson. In 2009, he was part of the veteran Scotland stars side the Bone Steelers at the Dubai Sevens. Flockhart went to the University of Edinburgh and received a BSc in Agriculture. He now works for crop nutrition company Yara.

External links

ESPN ProfileEurosport Profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flockhart, Gareth 1972 births Living people Caledonia Reds players Currie RFC players Glasgow Warriors players Male rugby sevens players North and Midlands players North Berwick RFC players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Stirling Scotland A international rugby union players Scotland international rugby sevens players Scottish rugby union players Stirling County RFC players