Rory McKay

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Birth nameRory Andrew McKay
Date of birth (1979-02-09) 9 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birthScotland
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Rory McKay
Birth nameRory Andrew McKay
Date of birth (1979-02-09) 9 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birthScotland
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
SchoolRobert Gordon College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Gordonians RFC ()
2001-02 Glasgow Hawks ()
2002-04 Aberdeen GSFP RFC ()
2004 Manly ()
Venezia ()
Waterloo ()
Bedford Blues ()
2009 Glasgow Hawks ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Caledonia Reds ()
2002-04 Glasgow Warriors 19 (10)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Scotland U19
Scotland Club XV
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Scotland
Coaching career
Years Team
2014- Perthshire RFC

Rory McKay (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish former rugby union player and now coach who played for Glasgow Warriors. He played at flanker. He played at international level for the Scotland Sevens side.[1]

Starting his amateur career at Gordonians RFC, McKay then moved to Glasgow Hawks. In 2002, he left the Hawks to sign for the professional provincial side Glasgow Warriors.[2] While not playing for the provincial side, he played for Aberdeen Grammar.[3]

McKay left Glasgow Warriors in 2004 and pursued a career in rugby in Australia, Italy and England.[4] He played for Manly in Australia; Venezia in Italy; and Waterloo and Bedford Blues in England.[5]

The flanker also represented Scotland in their Club XV side.[6][7][8]

He represented an invitational Caledonia Reds side versus a Co-Optimists side in effort to get the Caledonia Reds side formally re-instated by the SRU in 2014.[9]

He is now a rugby development officer and coach of Perthshire RFC.[10][11]

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