Barry Irving
Scottish rugby union player
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Barry Irving (born 31 December 1979 in Sevenoaks, England) is an English born former Scotland 'A' international rugby union player. He plays at Fly-half.
31 December 1979
| Born | Barry Alan Irving 31 December 1979 Sevenoaks, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Irving qualifies for Scotland as his father was born near Canonbie in Dumfrieshire.[1] He was capped by Scotland A against New Zealand in 2001,[1] confirming his Scottish nationality. He was called up for the full Senior squad in 2000 by Ian McGeechan but not used.[2]
He started playing rugby for his local club Sevenoaks but in season 1998-99 he joined London Scottish.[3] He made a try scoring debut for London Scottish against Saracens, four days before his nineteenth birthday.[1]
He joined Glasgow at the start of the 1999-2000 season. Unfortunately he became blighted with injury[4][5] and had very few run outs with the Glasgow side.[6] He left Glasgow Warriors at the end of the 2002-03 season to sign for French side Tarbes who play in the French Pro D2 league. He played 22 matches for the French club but left them after one season.[1]
He then signed for Italian club Amatori Catania. In season 2005-06 he was nominated for Player of the Year in Italy.[7]
He later played for Rugby Parma from 2007-08 season to 2010.[8]