Grant McKelvey (born 28 December 1968) is a senior manager at the

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who has also worked as a

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coach. He was previously a

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international

player.

Early life

McKelvey was born on 28 December 1968 in

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. He went to

Knox Academy Knox Academy is a co-educational state secondary school located in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Originally founded in 1379 as a medieval grammar school, it is one of the oldest schools in the world. History The modern school can be tra ...

in Haddington.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He started off playing for Haddington and then played for

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Professional and provincial career

He was named as a replacement in the Cities District side to play Australia in October 1996. However he did not play. McKelvey played for

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International career

He played for the Scottish Schools under-15s in 1984. He played one Autumn international match as hooker for Scotland against Australia at Murrayfield on 22 November 1997.

Coaching career

In July 2000 the Reivers announced that he had left their squad to concentrate on his work as a SRU development officer in East Lothian. He coached

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until 2003 when he became the rugby development manager for Edinburgh. In 2007 he became the

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coach, having previously coached the under-17 team. In December 2014 he became a talent identification and performance projects manager.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKelvey, Grant Living people Rugby union hookers 1968 births Scotland international rugby union players Edinburgh Rugby players People educated at Knox Academy Haddington RFC players Watsonians RFC players