Calum MacRae

For Scottish journalist and film maker, see Callum Macrae.
Calum MacRae
Personal information
Full name Calum MacRae
Date of birth 26 January 1980
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 14 st 8 lb (93 kg)
School(s) attended Earlston High School
University(s) Moray House Institute of Education
Club information
Current club Scotland 7's (head coach)
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)


2003
2005–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011		Melrose

South District
Border Reivers
Edinburgh
Worcester
Venezia Mestre

1 (0)
22 (205)
14 (6)
8 (4)
7 (47)
Representative teams
1998–1999
1999–2000
2005 - 09
2006 - 09		Scotland U19
Scotland U21
Scotland 7's
Scotland A
9 (?)
12 (?)
13 (?)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Calum MacRae (born 26 January 1980 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the head coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team.

Playing career

MacRae played rugby union as a centre and had also operated at fullback and fly-half.

After age grade rugby he played for a four-year period on the IRB Sevens World Series along with playing in the Celtic league for the Borders. He played his final tournament for Scotland at the 2005 RWC Sevens in Hong Kong. Following this he was in Frank Hadden's Scotland Training Squad for a 4-year period, however, MacRae never gained full honours. His international 15's career mainly consisted of three consecutive Churchill Cup Tournaments.

He was called up to the Scotland squad for the autumn tests in 2006[1] and for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.[2][3]

In 2009 he signed for Worcester Warriors.[4]

Coaching career

He worked as a skills and attack coach at Newcastle Falcons from June 2011.[5]

In June 2014 it was announced that he would take over as the coach for the Scotland national rugby union 7's team for the 2014-15 season.[6]

MacRae is a qualified physical education teacher.

References

  1. ↑ "Seven new faces in Scotland squad". BBC. 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Scots call up for in-form quartet". BBC. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Murray left out of Scotland squad". BBC. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Worcester sign Edinburgh's Calum MacRae". The Guardian. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Calum MacRae to become Scotland Sevens coach". BBC News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Scotland 7s confirm Calum MacRae as new coach". The Scotsman. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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