Scott Franklin

Scott Franklin
Full name Scott Franklin
Date of birth (1980-08-23) August 23, 1980
Place of birth Regina, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 115 kg (17 st 7 lb, 250 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Castaway Wanderers
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007-2008
2008-2010
CA Brive
Cornish Pirates
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007-2011 Canada 15 (0)

Scott Franklin (born 23 August 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), is a Canadian rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop.

Career

Before going into professional rugby, Franklin went to the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Saskatchewan. He has represented Canada in U-17, U-19 and U-23. He played club rugby with Castaway Wanderers RFC in British Columbia, before turning pro and moving to CA Brive in France in 2007. Franklin then spent two seasons with the Cornish Pirates from 2008-2010. He has 15 caps for the Canadian national team, the first one against the United States in June 2007. Franklin was part of Canada's squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Scott Franklin has recently been selected as part of the "Canada Selects" team that will compete in the 2010 Americas Rugby Championship.

On July 8, 2011 Rugby Canada announced the Canadian 30-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup which included Franklin as one of the five props selected.

References

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