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David McLeish (rugby union)

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David McLeish
Birth nameDavid McLeish
Date of birth (1975-07-26) 26 July 1975 (age 49)
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
SchoolKelso High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number Eight
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993
1993-1994
1994-1998
Kelso
Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians
West of Scotland
()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996-1998 Glasgow 16 (5)

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

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Amateur career

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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

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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

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As a schoolboy at Kelso High School, McLeish represented Scotland Schoolboys at international level in 1993.[4]

Business career

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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

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  1. ^ "Player Archive : EPCRugby.com - Official website of European Professional Club Rugby". epcrugby.com.
  2. ^ "Burnbrae club hoping not to be left flat after cup quarter-final West call on the young guns to see off Melrose". Herald Scotland.
  3. ^ a b "McLeish ready for West debut". Herald Scotland.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union: Drew's dash has Scots suffering". The Independent. 5 January 1993.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dave-mcleish/1/b43/7a1 [self-published source]
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