Gordon Sykes (born

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) is a

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former

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player 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

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire council area and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population ...

, who played at the

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position.

Amateur level

Sykes played for

Ayr RFC Ayr Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club. Its professional men's side currently plays as Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6 competition; and its women's side play in the . The club also runs a "Club XV" which competes in the Tennent's Nationa ...

. He played for

in the British and Irish Cup.

Professional level

In 2001-02 season, Sykes was called up for a combined Glasgow - Edinburgh team to face Newcastle Falcons 'A' side. He also played in the Glasgow side that faced Northampton Saints. He was named in Glasgow's squad to face the Scotland U21 side. In season 2002-03, Sykes remained in

squad. He played for the Warriors in their match against

Scottish Exiles 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 id ...

. He was in Glasgow's side that faced Harlequins. Sykes was a backup player for

for season 2003-04.

References

External links

Ayr tighten their grip - Glasgow Warriors.comWeek Six - Glasgow Warriors.comRugby: Division two matches - The ScotsmanStatbunker ProfileBT Premiership One round-up - BBCAyr Rugby Club struggle to beat Hawick at Millbrae - Daily Record
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