James Craig (rugby union, born 1977)
Appearance
Birth name | James Matthew Craig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 March 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Jim Craig, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Matthew Craig (born 2 March 1977, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.[2][3][4]
He was capped four times between 1997 and 2001 for Scotland.[2][3] He also played for the amateur club West of Scotland and professionally for the provincial side Glasgow Warriors.[2]
James Craig is the son of Jim Craig, who played football for Celtic FC, and was capped for the Scotland national football team in 1967.[2]
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ "James Matthew Craig". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Bath, p140
- ^ a b Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 9 March 2010
- ^ "Ex-Scotland winger James Craig reveals how rugby rendered him bipolar". The Herald. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2023.