Christopher Douglas Paterson,

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(born 30 March 1978) is an ambassador and specialist coach for the

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and

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rugby union teams. He is a former professional rugby union player who played for Scotland and, for the most part of his career, Edinburgh. Paterson is Scotland's record points scorer with 809 points and second most-capped player with 109 caps. He was capable of playing in a range of positions, including fullback,

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and

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. Paterson retired from international rugby in December 2011 and as a professional player in May 2012.

Early career

Paterson started his rugby career with hometown club

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, the highlight being a solo try that won Gala the 1999 Scottish Cup at

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. Soon after Paterson turned professional by signing for

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where he played only two games before signing for

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. In becoming a professional player he dropped out of the

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where he was studying to become a PE teacher.

Edinburgh

From 2000 until 2002 Paterson played in the Scottish/Welsh League, the predecessor to the competition now known as

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(prior to the addition of Irish teams). He was part of the Edinburgh squad that reached the Heineken Cup quarter finals in 2003–04. For seven years he was a mainstay of the Edinburgh squad. With the ongoing dispute between the SRU and then

owner Bob Carruthers over the refusal to release Edinburgh players for a pre-2007 World Cup training camp, Paterson left Edinburgh for

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by mutual consent. On 24 July 2007, Paterson signed a three-year contract with Gloucester.

Gloucester

Paterson's spell with

was largely disappointing due to limited game time throughout the 2007–08 season. It was announced on 2 May 2008 that Paterson would return to

for the 2008–09 season He played 14 games during his stay scoring 38 points, the highlight being a 50-metre breakaway try in the derby game against Bath

Edinburgh

Paterson re-signed for

upon leaving Gloucester and has remained a fixture in the line up ever since. One of Paterson's top skills – his goal-kicking – was typified in Edinburgh Rugby's last home game of the 2008–09

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season which saw a 43–3 home win against

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on 9 May 2009. Paterson scored 28 points, kicking nine from nine with five penalties, four conversions and a try. As of 4 April 2012, Paterson is the 5th highest points scorer in

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history with 778 points (21T 113C 4D 145P).RaboDirectPRO12 : Stats : Player Records
/ref> He played his last professional match against Benetton Treviso on 5 May 2012 at

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. Despite an unusually long absence from the score sheet partly owing to injury, Paterson scored

's third try of the match leading to a 44–21 victory.

International career

Early Career 1999–2003

Paterson earned his first cap for

against

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in the

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as a fullback. This was his only appearance during the 1999 World Cup. Scotland went on to reach the quarter finals before losing 30–18 to

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. In Paterson's next appearance during the 2000 Six Nations Championship game versus

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, Paterson scored his first points for Scotland converting two penalties and a conversion in the 16–28 loss. Later that year Paterson scored his first Scotland try during the 2000 tour of

during the 48–14 loss at

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. During the subsequent years Paterson became a fixture in the

team. His consistent performance for club and country earned him a place in Scotland's

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squad. During Scotland's opening

game Paterson scored two tries and kicked a conversion and a penalty during a 32–11 win against

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. In the next game against the

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Paterson scored 19 points, including a try, during a 39–15 win. Paterson played in the subsequent win and loss against

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and

to help Scotland qualify for the quarter final stage. In the 2003 Rugby World cup quarter-finals, Scotland lost 33–16 to

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. Paterson scored 71 points during the

and was named the team's player of the tournament.

2003–2007

On 15 November 2004 during Scotland's record 100–8 win over

game at

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he overtook Andy Irvine to become Scotland's second highest points scorer, behind

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. He scored 40 points (three tries, 11 conversions and one penalty). This remains a record points haul for a Scottish player in a test match. Two weeks later on 27 November 2004 against

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he became the youngest, and lightest, Scottish player ever to earn 50 caps, aged 26, and weighing in at 78 kg. On 26 February 2005, Paterson equalled the scoring record set by

for one game of six penalties converted in the 18–13 win over

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. Paterson was the BBC's full-back of the

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. As a result of his incredibly reliable kicking and elusive running from full-back during the

, especially in the

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game, Paterson's omission from

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's squad for the

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surprised many critics and fans alike. This fueled criticism that Woodward relied too much upon his England team who had won the

. Ultimately, Woodward's 2005 Lions were unsuccessful losing the test series 3–0. Paterson played as part of a resurgent Scotland team of the

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who recorded wins over

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and

to finish third in the table. This remains Scotland's best finish since the 5 Nations became the 6 Nations with the addition of Italy in 2000. Paterson was captain during the

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as Jason White was injured. Paterson was picked in Scotland's

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squad. This his third World Cup campaign. Similarly, with the previous two in 1999 & 2003 Scotland exited in the quarter final stage losing 19–13 to

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at the

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, Saint-Denis. Paterson played in all five of

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games scoring 46 points. He deployed a flawless kicking performance on the final stage group game, a decider against Italy (against whom they had suffered a home defeat at the previous Six Nations): Paterson secured qualification by scoring all points of Scotland's narrow 18–16 victory, with an impeccable 6 out of 6 kicking performance.

Later career 2008–2011

On 9 February 2008, Paterson earned his 83rd cap for Scotland against

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, passing the record of

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for a Scottish back. Scotland then went on to lose this match. Later that year on 14 June 2008 he won his 88th cap to break Scott Murray's Scotland appearance record and was named man of the match in Scotland's 26–14 victory over

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. During the 2009 Autumn International against

, Paterson scored winning points in Scotland's historic 9–8 win. This was Scotland's first win over Australia for 27 years. On 7 February 2010, Paterson won his 99th cap in Scotland's opening

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match against

. On Saturday 13 February 2010 at the

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, Paterson became the first player to reach 100 caps for Scotland when he played in the defeat against

. In the same game Paterson was seriously injured, suffering a split kidney which forced him to miss the rest of the season. In the same game

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suffered cruciate ligament damage which ended his season, and

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suffered a potentially life-threatening neck injury in a collision with

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. This injury forced Evans to retire from rugby aged just 25. Later that year on Saturday 20 November 2010 Paterson gained his 101st cap in a 21–17 win against current world champions,

, at

coming on for the final 8 minutes. Along with

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and

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, he was one of three players in that match who had also been in the Scotland team that beat South Africa in 2002. During the

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Paterson was the 23rd man in the squad when he travelled to

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but played no part. Following Scotland's poor defeat to

in the second game of the tournament, Paterson was recalled to the starting 15 for the

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and

games. In addition to scoring 31 points with the boot in these three matches he justified his inclusion with an impressive try-saving tackle on

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, when the England Fullback seemed certain to score. This helped to keep Scotland in with a chance of winning the game until the last few minutes, although they eventually lost 22–16. The following week he made an almost identical try-saving tackle against Luke McLean during Scotland's 21–8 victory over

. In the latter match, Paterson also became only the fifth player to score more than 400 points in the history of the Five/Six Nations Tournament. Testament to Paterson's committed performances during the

he featured in several rugby journalists 'Team of the Championship' On 22 August 2011 Paterson was selected in

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squad meaning this would be in fourth

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. Paterson scored 14 points in Scotland's opening game of the

in the 34–24 victory over

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Scotland Rugby Team Website
/ref> In Scotland's second pool game of the

during the 15–6 victory over

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Paterson made a substitute appearance in the 70th minute his 13th World Cup appearance one short of Doddie Weir's record of 14 World Cup appearances. In Scotland's third pool game in the 13–12 defeat against

Paterson equalled Doddie Weir's record of 14 appearances scoring a penalty. In what transpired to be Chris Paterson's 109th and final appearance in the ultimate game of Pool B against

in Auckland, Scotland required victory to progress to the quarter-final stage. The game finished 16–12 in England's favour with

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scoring a last minute try to knock Scotland out at the pool stage for the first time. In this game he set a record for the most Scotland World Cup appearances with 15 and furthered his own Scotland point's scoring record to 809. Paterson announced his retirement from international rugby in December 2011; at the time, he held many of the most significant Scottish career records. His 109 caps was more than 20 clear of then-second-placed Scott Murray; his 96 starts are also the most in Scotland history. He remained Scotland's most-capped player until

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overtook him in 2017. Paterson was also involved in more defeats (65) than any other Scotland internationalist. Despite not being a regular kicker until after he had amassed 26 caps, he retired as Scotland's all-time leader in points (809), conversions (86) and penalties (140). Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of his Scotland career was his versatility; he retired as one of Scotland's three top cap-winners at two different positions. Paterson's 49 caps on the wing were third to

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(63) and

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(52); his 43 caps as a fullback were also third, this time to

(61) and Andy Irvine (47). In addition, he has the most caps of any player from the Home Unions (

) who did not appear in a Test with the

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Coaching and rugby ambassador 2012 onwards

In May 2012 it was announced that Paterson would take on the dual role of specialist coach and ambassador with the

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Kicking Accuracy

During his time as

's and

's goal kicker Paterson amassed 1860 points. Paterson successfully kicked 36 consecutive goals for

between 11 August 2007 and 7 June 2008, not missing a single attempt during the

or the

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. This run was brought to an end during 7 June 2008 Test against

. This is believed to have been a world record for consecutive successful kicks at goal in Test play since such statistics were first kept in the late 1980s; this record was broken in 2010 by

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. During the aforementioned Argentina match, Paterson also overtook

' long standing Scotland points record of 667, as well as equalling Scott Murray's record of 87 caps for Scotland. During his playing career he scored 809 points for

(22 Tries, 90 Conversions, 170 Penalties and 3 drop goals). For

Paterson has amassed 773 points (20T 113C 4D 145P) in the

and 287 points (9T,40C,0D,54P)in the

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He retired from international duty on 21 December 2011, and from Edinburgh Rugby May 2012.

Other

Paterson's high profile in Scotland has been used in marketing campaigns for several companies. In 2011 he appeared on cereal boxes for

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along with Ross Ford and

. MacSween

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used him to front a new product range Paterson was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to Scottish rugby. In June 2012 he received an honorary

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(DSc) degree from

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International tries

References

External links

Scotland profile

BBC Gloucestershire speak to Gloucester Rugby's Chris Paterson

Paterson backs Edinburgh coaches
The Scotsman, 11 August 2006
Paterson back as Gunners captain
BBC, 26 July 2006
Jovial Paterson gets serious over Springboks
– The Scotsman, 3 June 2006
Paterson reigns on Dragon's Parade with majestic display
– The Scotsman, 15 May 2006
Six Nations frustration fuels Paterson craving for success
– The Scotsman, 25 March 2006
Speaking my mind could have resulted in chop, says hero Paterson
– The Scotsman, 22 March 2006
Paterson wins further recognition
– BBC website, 7 May 2005
Paterson could still be solution at stand-off
– The Scotsman, 30 March 2005
Paterson praise is Scots' only crumb of comfort
– The Scotsman, 21 March 2005
The cap fits as Paterson clocks up 50
The Scotsman, 27 November 2004
Chris Paterson Returns to Edinburgh
Scottish Rugby Union, 2 May 2008

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Early career

Edinburgh

Gloucester

Edinburgh

International career

Early Career 1999–2003

2003–2007

Later career 2008–2011

Coaching and rugby ambassador 2012 onwards

Kicking Accuracy

Other

International tries

See also

References

External links