Alex Dunbar
| Birth name | Alexander James Dunbar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 April 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Lockerbie Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Scottish Agricultural College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Dunbar (born 23 April 1990 in Dumfries) is a Scottish international professional rugby union player. He currently plays club rugby for Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12.[1]
Background
Born in Dumfries and a former pupil of Lockerbie Academy, Dunbar graduated in 2008 with an HNC from the Scottish Agricultural College at Auchincruive in Ayrshire.[1]
Club career
He has appeared for Glasgow at every age level from under-14 to under-18 and was Annan rugby club under-18 player of the year in both 2005 and 2006 and the following season. He moved from Annan RFC to Selkirk RFC in 2008.[1]
A Scottish Rugby Academy contracted player, he made his Glasgow Warriors debut in the 25–13 win against Ulster at Ravenhill in December 2009.[1]
Dunbar was the only Scot (and only Scottish based player) to be included in the Rabodirect Pro 12 'Dream team' for the 2013–14 season.[2] He agreed a new Glasgow contact until 2017 and helped Glasgow finish 2nd in the league.[3]
International
Dunbar has played for Scotland at under-17, under-18 and under-20 level.
He won his first cap for the senior Scotland team in their opening match of the quadrangular tournament in South Africa in 2013, against Samoa and followed up the next week with his first try against South Africa in Nelspruit. He scored a second-half brace of tries as Scotland posted their first win in the 2014 RBS 6 Nations Championship by 21–20 against Italy in Rome.[1]