Peter Wright (born 30 December 1967) is a former rugby union footballer and now coach.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Lasswade RFC and

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Provincial and professional career

He played for Edinburgh District; and on professionalism in Scotland, played for

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and then

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International career

He was capped by Scotland B once, on 18 February 1989 against France 'B'. He won 21 caps at prop for

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between 1992 and 1996, and toured New Zealand with the

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in 1993.

Coaching career

He now coaches

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. He previously coached the

Glasgow Hawks Glasgow Hawks is an amateur rugby union team in Glasgow, Scotland. They were Premiership Division One champions for three consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06. History In Paris on 27 August 1995 a meeting of the International Rugby ...

. In the 2004–05 season Wright coached Hawks to a BT League and Cup double, beating

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29–17 in the cup final on the international pitch at

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. He is also a Scottish Rugby development officer in Dumfries and Galloway. Wright started his coaching at

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, leading them to the SRU Bowl in 2000, before joining Hawks. On

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, Wright said of Scottish players that, "If you tell them six times that they are no good they will believe you, but you have to tell them a million times that they are good to get the same result."

References

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Under-19s' build-up worries Wright
- The Scotsman, 25 March 2006 1967 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union coaches British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland Boroughmuir RFC players Rugby union players from Midlothian Lasswade RFC players Scotland 'B' international rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub