John Dalziel is a Forwards Coach for

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. He was previously Head Coach of the Scotland 7s team. He began coaching while at Melrose, and went on have coaching roles with Scotland U20, London Scottish and

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. As a player he represented London Scottish,

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and Melrose.

Playing career

He played club rugby for

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as a back-row forward and captained the club. He moved to play for Melrose in 2008. He played for the Co-Optimists in 2010. Dalziel played for London Scottish for the 1997-98 season. He played for the

in the

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and signed a professional contract with the club in 2001.

Coaching career

Dalziel played for

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and also became their Forwards coach. He was promoted to Head Coach for the 2013–14 season. Melrose won the league title in the final seconds of the season. In September 2012 he was appointed as assistant coach for the

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. In September 2015 he was promoted to head coach of the

. The following year he left Melrose and took on a full-time coaching role with Scottish Rugby. He was appointed as the Forwards coach of

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for the 2016–17 season, who were competing in the

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. He did this on sabbatical while still Head Coach of the Scotland U20s. The following season he was as appointed the Head Coach for Scotland 7s. On 3 May 2019 it was announced that Dalziel would be joining

as Forwards Coach with immediate effect, leaving his role with the Scotland 7s team. On 3 August 2020 it was announced by

that Dalziel was moving on to become the Forwards Coach for

References

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