Alan Kittle

Alan Kittle
Full name Alan John Kittle
Date of birth (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970
Place of birth Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School Ross High School, Tranent
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Loosehead Prop
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Stewarts Melville
Watsonians
Stirling County
Musselburgh
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1996-97
1997-99		 Edinburgh Rugby
Glasgow Warriors
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Scotland U19

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.

Kittle played rugby both in the amateur and professional era. He played for Scotland Schools while still at Ross High School, Tranent.[2] He also played for Scotland Under 19s in 1990.[3]

He played with amateur club Stewarts Melville in 1993[4] to 1995.[5] He was in Scotland's World Cup preparation squad till injury in 1994.[6]

He joined Watsonians in the 1995-96 season.[7][8]

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.[9][10]

However he was overlooked by the Edinburgh team and joined Glasgow for 1997 to 1998 season.[11] As part of the Glasgow rugby deal Kittle could play for Stirling County.[12]

He played 9 matches for Glasgow in the Heineken Cup[13][14][15][16][17][18] and played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[19] He also played for Glasgow against South Africa.[20][21] and Fiji[22] and Māori All Blacks[23]

He played for a Scotland Development XV in the Zimbabwe tour of 1995.[24][25] He was on the bench for the combined Scottish Districts match against Spain in 2000.[26]

In 1999[27] and 2000, Alan played for Musselburgh RFC.[28]

Kittle now has an Art and Marketing career[25] and is a Creative Director in Bristol.[29][30]

References

  1. ↑ Border Reivers v Glasgow, 24 October 1997, match programme
  2. ↑ "Findlay wings his way home in schools' side". Herald Scotland.
  3. ↑ "Brave Scots fail to hold English". Herald Scotland.
  4. ↑ BILL LEITH (29 November 1993). "Rugby Union: Wyllie teases rivals". The Independent.
  5. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Stewart's Melville FP versus Stirling County, Inverleith, Edinburgh, 11 February 1995". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Logan's welcome County return for Jed-Forest visit". Herald Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Melrose versus Watsonians, The Greenyards, Melrose, 4 November 1995.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Heriot's FP versus Watsonians, Meggetland, Edinburgh, 21 April 1996.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  9. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Watsonians versus Boroughmuir, Myreside, Edinburgh, 14 September 1996.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  10. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Melrose versus Watsonians, The Greenyards, 22 February 1997.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  11. ↑ "District cap does not fit six Scotland internationalists. Room left to tempt big names north as 43 players pay the penalty for rugby's contract revolution". Herald Scotland.
  12. ↑ "Alan's op hell; KITTLE NIGHTMARE AS DOCS BATTLE TO FIX EYE INJURY.". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  13. ↑ "Match Centre | Welsh Rugby Union | Official Website : Match Centre : Heineken Cup". Wru.co.uk. 1997-10-12. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  14. ↑ "ig sheet, Glasgow Caledonians versus Treviso, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, 18 October 1998.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  15. ↑ "Match Report". Swansea RFC. 1997-09-21. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  16. ↑ "Match Centre | Heineken Cup | ERC | Official Website". Origin-m.ercrugby.com. 1997-09-14. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  17. ↑ "Glasgow v Treviso rugby match 1998". Love-rugby.com. 1998-10-18. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  18. ↑ "Glasgow v Wasps rugby match 1997". Love-rugby.com. 1997-09-14. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  19. ↑ "Big sheet, Glasgow Caledonians versus Edinburgh Reivers, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, 25 October 1998". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  20. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow Caledonians versus South Africa, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, 10 November 1998.". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  21. ↑ "Teams". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  22. ↑ "Reds give a green light for Scotland". Herald Scotland.
  23. ↑ "Defeat but no disgrace for Glasgow's Reds". Herald Scotland.
  24. ↑ "Google Groups". Groups.google.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  25. 1 2 "Supergroup :: The Creative Collective :: Marketing Services Edinburgh Scotland". Wearesupergroup.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  26. ↑ "RUGBY: MATT'S MISERY GOES ON. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  27. ↑ "Musselburgh race to impressive win". Herald Scotland.
  28. ↑ "Aberdeen’s Stirling work". The Scotsman. 2000-09-17. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  29. ↑ "Alan Kittle | LinkedIn". Uk.linkedin.com. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  30. ↑ Stephen Lepitak. "Mason Zimbler appoints Alan Kittle as creative director". The Drum. Retrieved 2016-01-16.

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