Rory Lawson

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Rory Lawson
Rugby union career
Full name	Rory Gordon MacGregor Lawson
Date of birth	(1981-03-12) 12 March 1981
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb) ^[1]
School	Dollar Academy
Notable relative(s)	Alan Lawson Bill McLaren Jim Thompson
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Heriot's FP
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003–2006 2006–2012 2012–2013	Edinburgh Rugby Gloucester Rugby Newcastle Falcons	22 149 23	(13) (80) (12)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006-2010 2012	Scotland Barbarians	31 3	(0) (0)

Rory Lawson (born 12 March 1981) is a former Scottish international rugby union player who played his career in Scotland and England as a scrum half.

He attended Dollar Academy where he captained the school's 1st XV. After a number of years playing amateur rugby for Heriots he then took a professional contract with Edinburgh Gunners in 2003 but in the summer of 2006 moved to the Guinness Premiership side Gloucester. He gained his first international cap against Australia in the autumn of 2006 coming on as a substitute, he earned his first full cap against France in the 2007 Six Nations. He would have had many more caps for Scotland but for the strong competition for the Scrum-half position from British and Irish Lions, Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter,^[2] but still managed to captain Scotland to some notable victories. He was also a member of Scotland's 2007 Rugby World Cup Squad. Lawson was confirmed as joining Newcastle Falcons on 18 May 2012. On 7 August 2013, Lawson announced his retirement from rugby on medical advice, due to chronic wrist injury.^[3]

Personal life

Grandson of commentator Bill McLaren and son of Scottish international scrum-half Alan Lawson, he comes from a sporting family. His brother Gregor played Scotland 7's and fullback for London Scottish FC . His cousin, Jim Thompson, is a Fullback/Centre with Edinburgh Rugby.

References

↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/allan-massie-scotland-scrum-half-factory-delivers-1-3039408
↑ "Rory Lawson forced to retire through injury". BBC Sport. 7 August 2013.

External links

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 Scotland squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Barclay Brown Callam Ford Hamilton Hines Hogg Kerr S. Lawson MacLeod E. Murray S. Murray Smith Taylor Thomson White

Backs	Blair Cusiter Dewey Di Rollo Henderson S. Lamont R. Lamont R. Lawson Parks Paterson Southwell Walker Webster

Coach	Hadden

Persondata
Name	Lawson, Rory
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth	12 March 1981
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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