Ali Price
_(Ali_Price_cropped).jpg) Price in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Alistair William Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | King's Lynn, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wisbech Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alistair William Price (born 12 May 1993) is an English-born rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team.
Early life and education
Price was born on 12 May 1993 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School, an independent school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[1] He is eligible to play for Scotland through his Scottish mother. [2][3] Price has extended family in Troon, South Ayrshire.
Amateur career
Price was drafted to Ayr in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[4]
Professional career
Price signed for Glasgow Warriors in the 2013–14 season as part of their Elite Development Programme. As part of this deal, Price also plays for the BT Premiership side Stirling County.[5]
On 21 December 2015 he graduated from the Scottish Rugby Academy and signed professional contract with Glasgow Warriors.[6]
His nickname amongst his team mates at Glasgow is "Ah-ha-li Price" in reference to another famous Norfolk resident, Alan Partridge.[7][8]
International career
On 26 November 2016, Price made his Scotland debut against Georgia in a 43 points to 16 win at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.[9]
Price was selected in Scotland's 2019 Rugby World Cup squad and played in Scotland's opening Pool A match against Ireland. However he sustained a foot injury and that curtailed his World Cup experience.[10]
British & Irish Lions
In May 2021, Price was selected in the 37-man squad for the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa.[11] He became Lion #843 after taking to the field in the opening warmup match against Japan at Murrayfield.[12]
He scored a try on his first Lions start against the Sigma Lions at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.[13]
After performing strongly in the tour's warm-up matches, he was selected in the starting line up for the first Test, playing for 65 minutes as the Lions won 17-22 to take a lead in the series.[14] [15] He then came off the bench for his second Test cap in the second Test defeat.[16]
References
- ^ "WISBECH GRAMMAR SCHOOL PAST-PUPIL ALI PRICE SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH GLASGOW WARRIORS". Wisbech Grammar School. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Hotshots: Glasgow Warrior scrum-half Ali price". Rugby World. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "PRICE GETS IT RIGHT AFTER LONG WAIT". 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Pro-player draft".
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors (Ali Price)". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Price signs professional contract".
- ^ https://www.scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/2018/10/podcast-episode-44-a-props-salad/
- ^ https://www.ruck.co.uk/these-are-the-brilliant-2021-lions-squad-nicknames-and-the-reasons-theyve-been-given-them/2/
- ^ "MATCH REPORT - Scotland 43-16 Georgia". 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Pyrgos to replace injured Price". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ "British and Irish Lions 2021: Sam Simmonds in 37-man squad but Billy Vunipola misses out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ https://www.lionsrugby.com/history/lions-player-numbers/
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/55500137
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57914574
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57955588
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/55502358