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Graham Shiel

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Graham Shiel
Birth nameAndrew Graham Shiel
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight14 st 0 lb (89 kg)
Notable relative(s)Charlie Shiel, son
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Scotland 7's
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988 Melrose ()
1992 Manly ()
2006 Stewart’s Melville ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Border Reivers ()
– Edinburgh Rugby ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991-2000 Scotland 18 (20)
– Barbarians
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
1996 Scotland 7's
Coaching career
Years Team
2006 Stewart’s Melville (Player-coach)
2006-10 Edinburgh Rugby (Academy coach)
2010 - Scotland 7s (Skills coach)

Graham Shiel (born 13 August 1970 in Galashiels, Scotland ) is a formar skills coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team. He is now retired from playing rugby, having made 18 appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team and once for the national sevens team.

Shiel is currently the Head coach of amateur side Boroughmuir RFC, he's was previously the head coach of the Super Series (Scottish rugby union competition) semi-professional team Boroughmuir Bears but as the Series came to an end and discontinued in mid 2024 he is now the Head Coach of the club itself at National 1 level.

Rugby union Career

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Amateur career

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He played with Melrose RFC from 1988 for fifteen years winning five National Championship and five Border League titles with them.[1]

He played for the Australian amateur club Manly in 1992.[1]

He later joined Stewart's Melville.[1]

Professional career

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He played for Border Reivers - and then Edinburgh Rugby where he was captain from 2000 to 2002.[1]

International career

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Shiel's international debut was against Ireland at Murrayfield in October 1991. His last international appearance was against New Zealand at Auckland in July 2000.[2]

He represented Scotland at the Hong Kong Sevens in 1996.[1]

Shiel was also capped by the Barbarians.[1]

Coaching career

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He first took on a coaching role while still a player at Stewart's Melville.[3]

In 2006 he became academy manager at Edinburgh Rugby.[1]

In October 2010 he was named as Scotland’s seven’s coach.[4] In 2012 was moved to sevens skills coach.[5]

Outside of rugby

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He is a qualified stonemason.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Shiel to take up academy post". Southern Reporter. 9 November 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Andrew Graham Shiel".
  3. ^ "Stewart's Melville mourn Mackenzie". The Scotsman. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Graham Shiel takes over as Scotland Sevens head coach". BBC Sport. 28 October 2010.
  5. ^ Mason, Jim (23 July 2012). "Scotland seek new sevens coach as Graham Shiel is moved aside". BBC Sport.
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