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Grant Gilchrist
Birth nameGrant Stuart Gilchrist
Date of birth (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthStirling, Scotland
Height2.02 m (6 ft 7 ½ in)[1]
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
SchoolLornshill Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Alloa RFC
Stirling County RFC
()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011– Edinburgh 77 (5)
Correct as of 6 September 2015
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2009
2009–2010
2012–
Scotland U19
Scotland U20
Scotland
8
8
15
(0)
(0)
(5)
Correct as of 26 November 2016

Grant Gilchrist (born 9 August 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro12.

He plays at lock.

Background

Gilchrist was schooled at Lornshill Academy, and played with Alloa RFC before moving on to Stirling County RFC.

Initially an Elite Development player at Edinburgh and following a stint in New Zealand as part of the John Macphail Scholarship, he made his first senior appearance in a 34–13 win over Cardiff Blues in September 2011. He has subsequently become a regular at Murrayfield, and is currently the club's vice-captain.[2]

International career

Gilchrist has represented Scotland at under-18, under-19, under-20 levels and more received his first full cap for Scotland against France in the 2013 Six Nations Championship at the Stade de France, aged 22. He captained Scotland for the first time on 20 June 2014 against Argentina,[3] having scored his first international try against Canada the previous week.[4]

Gilchrist was named as captain for Scotland's 2014 Autumn Test campaign, but was forced to withdraw the same week of that announcement when he broke his arm while playing for Edinburgh against Lyon.[5] Complications with this injury also led him to miss the 2015 Six Nations Championship and the rest of the 2014–15 Pro12 season.


References

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Macphail Scholarship
Grant Gilchrist,
Harry Leonard,
George Turner

2011
Succeeded by