David McLeish (rugby union)
| Birth name | David McLeish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 July 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kelso High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David McLeish (born 26 July 1975)[1] is a former Scottish rugby union player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors at the number 8 position.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]McLeish broke into the Kelso RFC first team when still a schoolboy.
He moved through to Glasgow to study Product Design engineering at the University of Strathclyde.[2]
In Glasgow, McLeish first joined the amateur club Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians until 1994, when he won a place at West of Scotland[3]
Professional career
[edit]He shared a flat with West of Scotland and Glasgow Warriors teammates Guy Perrett and Gordon Bulloch.[3] All three players were called up by the fledgling professional Glasgow side. McLeish was a regular in the Glasgow side for 2 years and played in European competition for the club throughout his time there.
As the No. 8 named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - McLeish has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 8 for the provincial side.
When not playing for Glasgow, McLeish played the rest of the season with West of Scotland.
International career
[edit]As a schoolboy at Kelso High School, McLeish represented Scotland Schoolboys at international level in 1993.[4]
Business career
[edit]On the merger of the Scottish professional teams from four to two - involving Glasgow merging with the Caledonia Reds for the season 1998-99 - McLeish left professional rugby.[5] He then moved into industry.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Archive : EPCRugby.com - Official website of European Professional Club Rugby". epcrugby.com.
- ^ "Burnbrae club hoping not to be left flat after cup quarter-final West call on the young guns to see off Melrose". Herald Scotland.
- ^ a b "McLeish ready for West debut". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Rugby Union: Drew's dash has Scots suffering". The Independent. 5 January 1993.
- ^ "District cap does not fit six Scotland internationalists. Room left to tempt big names north as 43 players pay the penalty for rugby's contract revolution". Herald Scotland.
- ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dave-mcleish/1/b43/7a1 [self-published source]