Alan Kittle
Rugby player
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Alan Kittle (born 10 December 1970[1] in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors. He played at the Loosehead Prop position.
10 December 1970
| Born | Alan John Kittle 10 December 1970 Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ross High School, Tranent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Kittle played rugby both in the amateur and professional era.
Amateur career
He played with amateur club Stewarts Melville in 1993[2] to 1995.[3]
Professional career
When rugby's professional era began in Scotland in 1996, Kittle signed for Edinburgh. As part of the Edinburgh deal Kittle could still play for Watsonians.[8][9]
However he was overlooked by the Edinburgh team and joined Glasgow for 1997 to 1998 season.[10] As part of the Glasgow rugby deal Kittle could play for Stirling County.[11]
He played 9 matches for Glasgow in the Heineken Cup[12][13][14][15][16][17] and played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[18] He also played for Glasgow against South Africa.[19][20] and Fiji[21] and Māori All Blacks[22]
International career
He played for Scotland Schools while still at Ross High School, Tranent.[23] He also played for Scotland Under 19s in 1990.[24]
He was in Scotland's World Cup preparation squad till injury in 1994.[25]
He played for a Scotland Development XV in the Zimbabwe tour of 1995.[26][27] He was on the bench for the combined Scottish Districts match against Spain in 2000.[28]