Steven Findlay (born 22 September 1986, in

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

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) is a

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international

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player who plays for

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 ...

at the Loosehead Prop position. In the 2015-16 season he had a short term professional deal with

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 ...

. He previously played for Dalziel Rugby Club and

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in Australia.

Amateur career

Findlay started playing amateur rugby with Dalziel Rugby Club in 2004. He played with them until 2011 appearing 97 times for the 1st XV and scoring 45 points (nine tries). Moving to the

for the season 2011–12, Findlay made 22 appearances for the club in season 2014–15. The Glasgow Warriors professional contract in 2015 allowed Findlay to play at

when not involved with the Warriors team. On 30 March 2016 it was announced that Findlay would move to New South Wales, Australia to play for

for a season playing in the

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

. After the Australian rugby season finished, Findlay returned to play for

Professional career

He was called up to the Glasgow Warriors 'A' squad for a derby match against an Edinburgh 'A' side in September 2014. On 17 July 2015 it was announced that Findlay had secured a short term professional contract with

to provide depth and competition for places during the 2015 World Cup when the Warriors will lose a host of their top stars on Scotland duty.

International career

Findlay has been called up for the Scotland ClubXV squad.

External links

Four players signed ahead of new campaignGlasgow Hawks duo in Scotland club call-up

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Findlay, Steven 1986 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Hawks players Dalziel RFC players Glasgow Warriors players Eastern Suburbs RUFC players Rugby union players from Motherwell Scotland Club XV international rugby union players Rugby union props