Gordon Ross (rugby union)
Gordon Ross (born 8 March 1978) is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for London Welsh and previously for Scotland.
Ross represented Edinburgh and Scottish Schools at U16 and U18 level before going on to represent Scotland at U19 and at U21 levels. The highlight of his early career was kicking the winning goal for Edinburgh Rugby against Biarritz Olympique in 1997 and beating England as part of the Scotland U19 squad in the same season. He played a pivotal role in Heriot's FP's second successive league title in 1999-00 and was duly rewarded with a professional contract with the Edinburgh Reivers.
He gained his first full cap for Scotland against Tonga in November 2001 and earned a place on the Summer tour to North America, during which he played in all three midweek victories and was joint top scorer (36 points). After coming back from the tour he joined the Leeds Tykes. Gordon Ross scored his first test try for Scotland as part of an 18-point haul in the 2003 Rugby World Cup victory over Italy. He missed the start of the 2003-04 Zurich Premiership due to international duty with Scotland at the 2003 Rugby World Cup but still scored 184 points that season from 19 games as first choice kicker. He won 25 caps and scored 55 points for Scotland between 2001 and 2006.
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