Jonathan Michael Petrie (born 19 October 1976) is a Scottish

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executive and former player. During his active career he played at flanker for

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and

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. Petrie had two seasons in Scotland's under-21 team, making his debut against the Irish in 1997 while he was playing in France with Colomiers. Petrie's Scotland A debut was in the 99–0 win over the Netherlands at Murrayfield in December 1999. He won his first cap in the second test on the tour of New Zealand in 2000, his first try for Scotland came in 31–8 November 2000 win against Samoa. He was given the captaincy by then Scotland coach

Frank Hadden Frank Hadden (born 14 June 1954) is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby. Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st ...

in 2005 leading Scotland to their first ever victory against the

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. Petrie was Club Captain of

from 2004 to 2006. Jon Petrie was denied his first Test series as captain by injury ahead of the matches against Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand in November 2005. His later career was blighted by injury and he was eventually replaced as captain by Jason White. Jon Petrie announced his retirement as a player from Rugby Union in March 2007. On 16 July 2015 it was announced that he would take over as managing director of

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. Since January 2019 he is

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Ulster Rugby Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Ulster Branch, which is one of ...

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1976 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Rugby union players from Dundee People educated at the High School of Dundee Alumni of the University of St Andrews University of St Andrews RFC players Scotland international rugby union players Dundee HSFP players Glasgow Warriors players Rugby union flankers Ulster Rugby non-playing staff {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub