Adam Ashe

Adam Ashe
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993
Place of birth	Livingston, Scotland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School	Alva Academy
Playing career
Position	Number Eight / Loose Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
2014	Hillfoots Stirling County University of Canterbury RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012-	Glasgow Warriors	14	(10)
correct as of 25 April 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2014- 2010-13 2011 2010	Scotland Scotland U20 Scotland U18 Scotland U17	6 10	(0) (20)
correct as of 6 February 2016.
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2011-12	Scotland 7s		9 (10)

Adam Ashe (born 24 July 1993 in Glasgow) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the number 8 position, but can also play in either of the flanker positions.^[1]

Ashe, a product of Alva Academy, has played rugby for Hillfoots and Stirling County, before being named as an Elite Development Player in 2011, being attached to Glasgow Warriors.^[2] Pre Glasgow Warriors, Ashe played for the Scotland Under 17's team at the Wellington International Festival in 2010,^[3] as well as travelling to Valladolid, Spain as a member in a development training squad.^[4] He also featured in the Scottish national sevens team for the 2011-12 season, playing in all nine tournament on the Sevens circuit.

The following year, Ashe was named in the Scotland under-18's squad for the 2011 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship.^[5] In addition to this, he earned his first cap for Glasgow, coming of the bench at the 78th minute against the Ospreys on 14 September 2012.^[6] He was also named on the bench a week later, but was not used in the 27–10 victory over Connacht.

In 2013, He played for the Scotland U20's team in every Six Nations Under 20s Championship match, which included a man of the match performance against Ireland U20's. Ashe gained a further five caps for the U20's side in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, where Scotland U20's finished 10th.

On 3 April 2014, Ashe was named the recipient for the John McPhail scholarship in 2014.^[7] However, mid way through his scholarship, Ashe was called up by new Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter, for the Scottish national side's test match with South Africa.^[8] He started that match at Number 8, playing the full 80 minutes.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Finn Russell, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne	John Macphail Scholarship Ewan McQuillin, Adam Ashe 2014	Succeeded by Ben Robbins, Callum Hunter-Hill

External links

Glasgow Warriors squad

Forwards	Allan Ashe Bordill Brown K. Bryce Cusack Eddie Fagerson Favaro Findlay Firth Fusaro Grant Gray Harley Hill Holmes Low MacArthur Mamukashvili Nakarawa Peterson Puafisi Rae Reid Scott Sebastian Strauss Swinson Wilson Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Bennett Blair G. Bryce Bulumakau Dunbar Hart Hogg Horne Hunter Hughes Johnson Jones Lamont Lyle Murchie Naiyaravoro Price Pyrgos Russell Seymour Vernon Weir

Coach	Townsend

Scotland squad – 2016 Six Nations

Ashe Barclay Cowan Denton Dickinson Fagerson Ford Fusaro J. Gray R. Gray Hardie Low MacArthur McInally Nel Reid Sutherland Strauss Swinson B. Toolis Bennett Dunbar Hidalgo-Clyne Hogg Horne Jackson Laidlaw (c) Lamont Maitland Pyrgos Russell Scott Seymour Taylor Visser Coach: Cotter

International squads

Scotland squad – 2015 Six Nations

Forwards	Ashe Beattie F. Brown Cowan Cross Denton Dickinson Ford J. Gray R. Gray Hamilton Harley Murray Reid Strokosch Swinson Toolis Watson Welsh Not used Allan Blake Low

Backs	Bennett Dunbar Fife Hidalgo-Clyne Hogg Horne Laidlaw (c) Lamont Russell Scott Seymour Tonks Visser Not used Cusiter Maitland Pyrgos

Coach	Cotter

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