Jock Millican
Scotland international rugby union player
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Jock Millican (born 21 August 1951) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is now a businessman.[2]
| Born | John Gilbert Millican 21 August 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School | Berwickshire High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
While at the University of Edinburgh from 1969 to 1973 he played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[3]
He went on to play for Heriot's.[4]
Leaving Edinburgh in 1973 Millican had a short 2+1⁄2-month spell at Moseley, but only appeared in one mid-week fixture.[5]
He signed for Leicester Tigers in 1974.[5]
Provincial career
He received his first cap for Edinburgh District in 1971, playing against South of Scotland District at Meadowbank Stadium.[7]
He played for Scotland Possibles on 30 December 1972.[8]
On moving to England, he played for Staffordshire.[9]
He was then picked for the Anglo-Scots to play inter-district matches.[10]
International career
Coaching career
He coached Northern in England in the late 1980s, but stood down due to business reasons.[12]
Administrative career
He was a director of the Six Nations from 2008 to 2012; and a non-executive director of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2007 to 2013.[13]
He became a chief executive of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2011.[13]
He was a director of Heriots from 2015 to 2021.[13]
Business career
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in chemical engineering, but then moved to Heriot-Watt University to study brewing.[1]
Millican then moved into the Beer and Wine trade. He was a brewer with Bass in Burton-on-Trent in England.[14] He was an Operations Director of Scottish Brewers, then a Logistics Director of Scottish Courage, before moving on to Waverley Vinters.[15]
Since 2010 he has been a director of Equity Gap, a private investors group. The company sponsors Edinburgh Rugby.[16]