Geoff Cross

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Geoff Cross
Rugby union career
Full name	Geoffrey Dominic Sebastian Cross
Date of birth	(1982-12-11) 11 December 1982
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb)
School	Galashiels Academy
Playing career
Position	Tighthead Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003-2006 2006-	Border Reivers Edinburgh	12 128	(5) (30)
correct as of 30 January 2014.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009 – 2008-2011	Scotland Scotland A	24 6	(5) (0)
correct as of 3 February 2014.

Geoff Cross is a Scottish rugby union player. A prop forward, he currently plays for Edinburgh. Geoff Cross is a qualified doctor who plays at tight-head for Edinburgh and Scotland.

His began his career in professional rugby when he joined The Borders in 2003. He first represented Edinburgh against Glasgow in an inter-city match in December 2006 while on loan from Borders.

His move to Edinburgh was made permanent after making 10 appearances during the 2006/07 season. He continued to play an increasingly prominent role in the Edinburgh set up and was called up to the Scotland squad for their tour of Argentina in 2008.

Cross was selected for the Scotland squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship. Sadly his debut match against Wales ended prematurely when he was sin-binned for a tackle in the air on full-back Lee Byrne. Cross was carried off with horrific self-inflicted head injuries. Many people found this ironic as Cross is a qualified doctor. He did not play for the rest of Scotland's campaign. He has since returned for Edinburgh but was not included in new coach Andy Robinson's squad for the 2009 Autumn Tests. Despite being involved in the Scotland set up, including being selected for the victorious tour of Argentina in 2010, he did not add to his caps during the remainder of 2010. But he was once again called up for their Six Nations squad in January 2011, making appearances against England, Ireland and Italy.

References

"Cross: I'll take my chance". Sky Sports (BskyB). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

v t e Scotland squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Barclay Brown Cross Dickinson Ford Gray Hall Hamilton Hines Jacobsen Kellock (c) Lawson, S. Low Murray Rennie Strokosch Vernon

Backs	Ansbro Blair Cusiter Danielli De Luca Evans Jackson Lamont, R. Lamont, S. Lawson, R. Morrison Parks Paterson

Coach	Robinson

v t e Edinburgh Rugby squad

Forwards	Atkins Basilaia Blaauw Coman Cox Cross Denton Dickinson du Preez Ford Gilchrist Grant Hilterbrand Lawrie Leonardi Lutui McInally Nel Niven Parker Rennie van der Westhuizen Walker

Backs	Atiga Beard Bezuidenhout Black Brown Cuthbert De Luca Dominguez Fife Francis Hart Hunter Kennedy Jones Laidlaw Leck Leonard Scott Strauss Tonks Visser Walker

Coach	Alan Solomons

Persondata
Name	Cross, Geoff
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth	11 December 1982
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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