Murray McCallum (born 16 March 1996) is a

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international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who is now on trial with French side

US Montauban US Montauban ( oc, Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most ...

. He recently played for

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...

having previously played for

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

and

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...

in the

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. His contract at Worcester was terminated along with every other Warriors player on 5 October 2022.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played rugby union at Strathallan School and then for

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. He was playing for Heriots at the time of his call up to the Edinburgh squad.

Professional career

He made his professional debut for

in October 2016, as a substitute against Treviso. When Heriots joined the Super 6, he was drafted to his old club, playing against the Southern Knights on 7 December 2019, and against Stirling County on 21 December 2019 On 15 July 2021 it was announced that McCallum had signed a short term deal with

. McCallum stated: He made his competitive debut for Glasgow in the 24 September 2021 match against

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

away at

Ravenhill Stadium Ravenhill Stadium (known as the Kingspan Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby stadium located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home of Ulster Rugby. With the opening of a new stand for the 2014 Heineken Cup quarter-final against ...

in the

- earning the Glasgow Warrior No. 333. It was announced on 25 November 2021 that McCallum had signed a contract with

which will start on 1 January 2022. The Worcester club went into administration after the 2022-23 season started; and their players were released. He was then offered a trial by

International career

He played for the Scotland Under 20s in the 2016 Rugby World Cup. In January 2018 he was called up to the senior

squad for the

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. He made his full senior debut from the bench, to play against Wales in the Six Nations.

Outside of rugby union

While at

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Sc ...

he studied for a BSc in Geology and Petroleum Geology.

References

External links

Edinburgh Rugby player bio

Scotland Rugby player bio
1996 births Living people Dunfermline RFC players Edinburgh Rugby players Glasgow Warriors players Heriot's RC players People educated at Strathallan School People educated at Woodmill High School Rugby union players from Kirkcaldy Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Rugby union props Worcester Warriors players US Montauban players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub