Ryan Grant (rugby union)
Full name | Ryan Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 October 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Alice Smith School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Grant (born 8 October 1985 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland) is a Scotland international rugby union player.
Educated at the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is an ex-soldier; he served in the Royal Corps of Signals, British Army as an Area System Operator from 2002 to 2005.[1]
Amateur level
He played rugby for the Army before making the grade at Professional level.
In 2016, he turned out for Currie in the Scottish Premiership.[2]
Professional level
Weighing in at 249 lb for 6"1 he played prop for provincial side Glasgow Warriors from 2010, having previously played for the Scottish professional sides Border Reivers and Edinburgh Rugby making him one of a few players to have played for three of Scotland's professional teams. He was named in the Pro12 Dream Team at the end of the 2012/13 season.
On 25 January 2017 it was announced that Grant had joined Worcester Warriors with immediate effect.[3]
International Level
He made his Scotland debut in the first Test of the 2012 summer tour, starting against Australia at the Hunter Stadium in New South Wales.[4] He continued to start in the further two wins over Fiji and Samoa.
On 7 June 2013, Grant was called up for the British and Irish Lions to cover injured Gethin Jenkins.[5]
References
- ↑ " "LinkedIn".
- ↑ "Warriors in BT Premiership action - Glasgow Warriors".
- ↑ http://www.warriors.co.uk/news/10215.php
- ↑ Mason, Jim (6 June 2012). "Ryan Grant urges Scotland to continue tour momentum". BBC Sport.
- ↑ Hamilton, Tom. "Cian Healy ruled out of tour with ankle injury".