Gordon Hunter (rugby union, born 1958)
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| Birth name | Iain Gordon Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 August 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Hunter (born 7 August 1958, in Hawick) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He played at scrum-half.[2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Hunter went to Edinburgh's Royal High School but never played for Royal HSFP.[3]
He left Edinburgh and played for Selkirk RFC.[2]
Provincial career
He played for South of Scotland District.[2]
He played for the Blues Trial side in 7 January 1984.[4]
He played for Combined Scottish Districts on 1 March 1986 against South of Scotland.[5]
International career
He was capped four times by Scotland 'B' from 1981 to 1984.
He was given four full senior caps for Scotland in the period 1984 to 1985.[6]
He was part of the Scotland squad that won the 1984 Five Nations Championship grand slam.[7]
He played for the Barbarians in 1983.[8]
References
- ^ "Iain Gordon Hunter". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby First XV 1974 – 1975 – The Royal High School Club in London".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gordon Hunter - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Hoggan, Bryan (7 February 2020). "Calcutta Cup memories for Past Selkirk players". Explore Selkirk.
- ^ "Gordon Hunter of Selkirk and Barbarians in action against East..." Getty Images.
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