Martin Waite (born 17 April 1971 in Scotland) is a

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international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Caledonia Reds at the

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position. Waite began his professional career with Caledonia Reds in 1996 before they merged with the Glasgow side in 1998. Waite then joined Glasgow Caledonians, now Glasgow Warriors for the next three seasons. He played for amateur side Watsonians RFC, joining them from the professional Glasgow club for the new season 2001–02. Nevertheless, he remained included in the Glasgow side's

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squad of 2001-02 while still a Watsonian player. Waite retired from rugby union in 2002 after a back injury. He became a chartered surveyor in Edinburgh with Barr Brady. On Waite's retiral from the game, Scott Hastings, then the Director of Rugby at

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, stated that Waite's enforced retirement was a: "loss of one of Scottish rugby’s characters.

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was capable of the improbable. He’d try an audacious reverse pass. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t...That’s why he stood out." Waite played at international level for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waite, Martin 1971 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Caledonia Reds players Watsonians RFC players North and Midlands players Scotland international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Rugby union flankers