Grant Gilchrist

Grant Gilchrist
Full name Grant Stuart Gilchrist
Date of birth (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 7 ½ in)[1]
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School Lornshill Academy
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Alloa RFC
Stirling County RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011– Edinburgh 77 (5)
correct as of 6 September 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008–2009
2009–2010
2012–		 Scotland U19
Scotland U20
Scotland		 8
8
15		 (0)
(0)
(5)
correct as of 26 November 2016.

Grant Gilchrist (born 9 August 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro12.

He plays at lock.

Background

Gilchrist was schooled at Lornshill Academy, and played with Alloa RFC before moving on to Stirling County RFC.

Initially an Elite Development player at Edinburgh and following a stint in New Zealand as part of the John Macphail Scholarship, he made his first senior appearance in a 34–13 win over Cardiff Blues in September 2011. He has subsequently become a regular at Murrayfield, and is currently the club's vice-captain.[2]

International career

Gilchrist has represented Scotland at under-18, under-19, under-20 levels and more received his first full cap for Scotland against France in the 2013 Six Nations Championship at the Stade de France, aged 22. He captained Scotland for the first time on 20 June 2014 against Argentina,[3] having scored his first international try against Canada the previous week.[4]

Gilchrist was named as captain for Scotland's 2014 Autumn Test campaign, but was forced to withdraw the same week of that announcement when he broke his arm while playing for Edinburgh against Lyon.[5] Complications with this injury also led him to miss the 2015 Six Nations Championship and the rest of the 2014–15 Pro12 season.


References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Finlay Gillies		 John Macphail Scholarship
Grant Gilchrist,
Harry Leonard,
George Turner
2011 		Succeeded by
Jonny Gray,
Gregor Hunter
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