Barry Irving

Barry Irving
Full name Barry Alan Irving
Date of birth (1979-12-31) 31 December 1979
Place of birth Sevenoaks, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1998-99
1999-2003
2003-04
2004-07
2007-10		 London Scottish
Glasgow Warriors
Tarbes
Amatori Catania
Parma		 2 (5)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1997-98
1999-2001
2001		 Scotland U18
Scotland U21
Scotland A
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1
(0)

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.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Glasgow Warriors - Barry Irving".
  2. ↑ "BBC SPORT - RUGBY UNION - Youths called up to Scots squad".
  3. ↑ Terry Cooper (23 October 2011). "Rugby Union: Saracens sunk by youngster". The Independent.
  4. ↑ "Barry Irving Out Of Rugby For Eight Months".
  5. ↑ "Happy Return For Barry Irving".
  6. ↑ "Barry Irving Returns After Nine Months" Absence".
  7. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - Irving nominated for Italian award".
  8. ↑ "Reviews".

External links

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