Gary Strain
| Birth name | Gary Strain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Dalziel High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Strathclyde University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Strain (born 19 April 1988 in Motherwell,[1] Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors at the Loosehead Prop position.
Strain started playing amateur rugby with Dalziel Rugby Club in 2004.[2] He played with them until 2007 appearing 36 times and scoring 25 points (5 tries).[3] The prop was capped by the international squad for the under 18s,[4] under 19s [5] and under 20s for Scotland.[6] Moving to the Glasgow Hawks for the season 2007-08, Strain was to win the Scottish Shield with them in 2009.[7] He played for the Hawks for 4 years before moving to French side Massy.
At the start of season 2008-09 the prop was called up to the Glasgow Warriors squad for a pre-season game against Bristol Rugby on 22 August 2008 and came on as a substitute in the match. [8]
Massy were initially playing in the Federale 1 league in France, their highest amateur league. In 2012 they secured promotion to the French second-tier professional league, the Pro D2, for the first time in the club's history.[7]
Strain was then picked up by the Newcastle Falcons in 2013.[9] and played 12 times for them in season 2013-14.
Returning to Scotland, Strain first picked up a one-month training contract with Glasgow Warriors [10] During this time he represented a Warriors 'A' side against an Edinburgh 'A' side at Stirling.[11]
He then moved back to Glasgow Hawks in a player / development role. Strain was to become the Hawk's Club Development Officer in November 2014.[12] As part of this role Strain would promote rugby in various schools including Glasgow Academy, High School of Glasgow, Kelvinside Academy, Drumchapel High School, Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary and Knightswood Secondary.[13]
On 17 July 2015 it was announced that Strain had secured a short term professional contract with Glasgow Warriors to provide depth and competition for places during the 2015 World Cup when the Warriors will lose a host of their top stars on Scotland duty.[14]
The contract will allow Strain to play / coach at Glasgow Hawks when not involved with the Warriors team.[10]
External links
References
- ^ "Official Carluke Tigers RLFC". Official Carluke Tigers RLFC.
- ^ "Dalziel Rugby Club - Statistics - Gary Strain". Dalziel Rugby Club.
- ^ "Dalziel Rugby Club - Gary Strain". Dalziel Rugby Club.
- ^ "55 players selected for Scotland U-18". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Under-19 Preparation Squad Selected". edinburghrugby.org.
- ^ "Yasni result for http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sport/local-sport/gary-s-living-the-dream-in-premiership-1-3115918". yasni.info.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ a b "Dalziel Rugby Club - Strain Soars with Newcastle". Dalziel Rugby Club.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors v Bristol". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Scottish prop Strain to make Aviva Premiership bow". scotsman.com.
- ^ a b "Glasgow Warriors - Gary Strain". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Kellock will lead 'A' team against Edinburgh". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Gary Strain appointed as Club Development Officer". glasgowhawks.com.
- ^ "Strain lands key development role for Hawks". WestEndReport.com.
- ^ "Four players signed ahead of new campaign". glasgowwarriors.org.