Grant Gilchrist (born 9 August 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at

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for

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in the

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Background

Gilchrist was schooled at

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, and played with Alloa RFC before moving on to

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. Initially an Elite Development player at

and following a stint in New Zealand as part of the

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, he made his first senior appearance in a 34–13 win over

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in September 2011. In 2015 he was made the club's vice-captain. In August 2016, Edinburgh Rugby named him and Stuart McInally as their co-captains for the coming season.

International career

Gilchrist represented Scotland at under-18, under-19, under-20 levels. He received his first full cap for

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against France in the

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at the Stade de France, aged 22. He was not selected to play in any of Scotland's 2014 Six Nations matches under Scott Johnson.

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selected him for the

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. He captained Scotland for the first time on 20 June 2014 against Argentina, having scored his first international try against Canada the previous week. Gilchrist was named as captain for

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2014 Autumn Test campaign, but was forced to withdraw the same week of that announcement when he broke his arm while playing for

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against

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. Complications with this injury also led him to miss the

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and the rest of the 2014–15

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season.

References

External links

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at Edinburgh Rugby * http://www.scottishrugby.org/content/view/2089/2/ * http://www.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/125385.html 1990 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Stirling Alloa RFC players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub