George Graham (rugby)

George Graham

Birth name	George Graham
Date of birth	(1966-01-19) 19 January 1966
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	238 lb (17 st 0 lb; 108 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Stirling County () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997-02 Newcastle Falcons 80 (40) Correct as of 2012-12-14 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Glasgow District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987 Scotland 'B' 4 1997-02 Scotland 25 (5) Coaching career Years Team 2009-present Gala RFC – Hawick RFC
Rugby league career
Playing information
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1993–96 Carlisle RLFC 24 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Scotland

George Graham (19 January 1966) born in Stirling, is a Scottish former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer; his role was prop forward. At 5'7" he was quite short for international rugby.

Rugby League career

He played for Carlisle RLFC from 1993 to 1996, scoring 6 tries, and represented Scotland during that time.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Stirling County.

Provincial and professional career

He played for Glasgow District, while still at Stirling County.

When rugby union turned professional he was signed by Newcastle Falcons and made 12 appearances for them as they won the 1997-98 Premiership.

International career

He played for Scotland 'B' on 5 December 1987 against Italy 'B'.

He gained 25 caps for Scotland national rugby union team. Graham won his first cap against Australia at Murrayfield, 22 Nov 1997 and played his final test against Wales at Millennium Stadium, 6 Apr 2002 which Scotland won 22–27.

Coaching career

Since retiring from playing Graham has moved into coaching. He was the Scotland forwards' coach with Frank Hadden until 2008 where he was let go following a review of the backroom staff after a disappointing 6 Nations campaign. The following year he became the head coach at Gala RFC where he has earned plaudits for the team's style of play.

Recently he has been linked to positions back in the professional ranks of the SRU once more, amongst which were for forwards coach at Edinburgh Rugby following Tom Smith's departure and also as a possible interim manager of the national side after Andy Robinson's resignation as coach in November 2012.

In late 2017 he took over from Darren Cunningham as coach of Hawick RFC who had lost 10 consecutive league games and sitting bottom of the BT Premiership but somehow managed to win 6 of their last 8 games and not just avoid automatic relegation but also a play off v Jed Forest and completed what many call "The Great Escape"

External links

• George Graham at ESPNscrum
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org