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Richie Gray (rugby union, born 1989)

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Richie Gray
Birth nameRichard James Gray
Date of birth (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birthRutherglen, Scotland
Height2.07 m (6 ft 9 ½ in)[1]
Weight126 kg (19 st 12 lb; 278 lb)
SchoolKelvinside Academy
Notable relative(s)Jonny Gray (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Hawks
Stirling County		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2012
2012–2013
2013–2016
2016–		 Glasgow Warriors
Sale Sharks
Castres Olympique
Toulouse		 47
16
45		 (20)
(5)
(10)
Correct as of 6 September 2015
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–
2013		 Scotland
British and Irish Lions		 56
1		 (15)
(0)
Correct as of 19 March 2016

Richie Gray (born 24 August 1989) is a Scottish international rugby union player, who is signed to Castres Olympique.

He is easily recognised on the pitch due to his height, standing at 6ft 10in, and his long, peroxide blond hairstyle.

Club career

It was announced in November 2011 that Gray would be leaving Glasgow Warriors at the end of the 2011–12 season, having agreed to sign for the Sale Sharks. In May 2013 it was announced that he would leave Sharks and had signed a three-year deal with French team Castres Olympique.[2]

On 24 November 2015, Gray agrees a four-year deal with Top 14 rivals Toulouse from the 2016–17 season.[3]

International career

A former Kelvinside Academy student, he has represented Scotland at every age group from under-17 through to the senior sides, winning his first cap as an international as a substitute in the 2010 Six Nations Championship match against France. His first international start came against New Zealand during the 2010 Autumn test series.[4] He scored his first international try in a Six Nations game against Ireland in March 2012. Gray's 2013 Six Nations got off to a good start with Scotland beating Italy and Ireland, but during the match against Wales at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, he was injured and taken off the field. It was later revealed that he pulled a hamstring and was taken off the pitch as a precaution.[5]

He was selected for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. He took a knock to the shoulder in the game against Combined Country, but went on to play a part in the final test against Australia, being part of a winning Lions series team.

References

  1. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/scotland/player/34128
  2. ^ "Site officiel CASTRES OLYMPIQUE". Castres-olympique.com. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Richie Gray: Scotland lock agrees deal with Toulouse". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ Rees, Paul (11 February 2011). "Six Nations 2011: Scotland's Richie Gray used Guscott flak to drive him on". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  5. ^ "BBC Sport - Scotland's Richie Gray out for two months with hamstring injury". BBC. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

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