Scott Franklin (born 23 August 1980 in Regina,

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, Canada), is a Canadian Professional

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player who plays rugby for the

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in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a

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/Flanker/#8.

Career

Before going into professional rugby, Franklin went to the

Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Athol Murray College of Notre Dame is a private, co-educational boarding high school located in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was founded by the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis in 1920 as St. Augustine school when they established Notre Dame of ...

where he played football, hockey and rugby. He has represented Canada in U-17, U-19 and U-23. He played club rugby with University of Victoria, Campion Grads, Regina Rogues &

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, before turning pro and moving to

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition. Briv ...

in France in 2007. Franklin then spent two seasons with the

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from 2008-2010. He has 17 caps for the Canadian national team, the first one against the

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in June 2007. Franklin was part of Canada's squad for the

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& the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Scott Franklin has recently been selected as part of the "Canada Selects" team that will compete in the 2010 Americas Rugby Championship. On July 8, 2011 Rugby Canada announced the Canadian 30-man squad for the

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which included Franklin as one of the five props selected.

References

Player profile at Rugbycanada.ca

Profile at scrum.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin, Scott 1980 births Living people Canadian rugby union players Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan Canada international rugby union players Athol Murray College of Notre Dame alumni Rugby union props 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players