Alan Tait
| Full name | Alan V. Tait | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 November 1964 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | Full-back / Centre | ||
| Professional clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1988 ‐ 92 1992 ‐ 96 |
Widnes Leeds |
126 |
(220) |
| National teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Great Britain Scotland (RL) |
16 4 |
(20) |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996 ‐ 98 1998 ‐ 00 |
Newcastle Falcons Edinburgh Rugby |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1987 ‐ 99 1997 |
Scotland British and Irish Lions |
27 2 |
(85) (5) |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2009- | Newcastle Falcons | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
Alan V. Tait (born 2 November 1964 in Kelso) is a Scottish rugby footballer and coach. He is currently head coach at Newcastle Falcons[1] and a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played outside centre for Scotland and the British and Irish Lions. He played club rugby for Kelso and the Newcastle Falcons.
Tait has changed codes twice in his life, once going from rugby union to rugby league, and then going the other way after union became professional.
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[edit] Rugby League
Unlike many other cross-code converts of the period, Tait had the benefit of growing up in Cumbria, where his father, Alan Senior, was playing for Workington Town.[2]
Between 1988 and 1996 he switched codes to rugby league and appeared for Widnes and Leeds, playing in challenge cup finals in 1994 and 1995. He also gained representative honours for Great Britain and Scotland. During the 1989–90 Rugby Football League season, he played for defending champions Widnes at fullback in their 1989 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Canberra Raiders. Tait won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in both 1989 and 1990.[3]
In 1992 he played from the bench in Great Britain's loss to Australia in the World Cup final at Wembley Stadium.
[edit] Coaching
Though he was dismissed as defence coach of the Scottish national team by Matt Williams he was restored to that role by Frank Hadden.
Currently, Tait serves as the head coach of Newcastle Falcons
[edit] References
- Tait, Alan & Lothian, Bill Rugby Rebel: The Alan Tait Story (1998 Mainstream, Edinburgh, ISBN 1-84018-064-1)
- ^ Reid, Alasdair (28 May 2008). "Alan Tait signs on to coach at Newcastle". London: The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/scotland/2301825/Alan-Tait-signs-on-to-coach-at-Newcastle.html. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (2000-04-27). "Tait sceptical as final spectacle crosses border". London: The Independent. http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article280825.ece. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ^ "Harry Sunderland Award". RL Hall of Fame. 2007-11-01. http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/sundtrop.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
[edit] External links
- Profile at leedsrugby
- SCOTLAND RUGBY LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HONOURS BOARD
- Harry Sunderland Trophy
- When Widnes muscled in on Wigan's Rugby League trophy romp
- Tait becomes Borders coach
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- 1964 births
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Kelso RFC players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Living people
- Newcastle Falcons rugby players
- People from Kelso, Scottish Borders
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby union centres
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland national rugby league team players
- Scottish rugby league players
- Scottish rugby union coaches
- Scottish rugby union players
- Widnes Vikings players
