Calum MacRae

Calum MacRae

Personal information
Full name	Calum MacRae
Date of birth	26 January 1980
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	14 st 8 lb (93 kg)
School	Earlston High School
University	Moray House Institute of Education
Club information
Current club	Scotland 7's (head coach)
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2003 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 Melrose South District Border Reivers Edinburgh Worcester Venezia Mestre 1 (0) 22 (205) 14 (6) 8 (4) 7 (47)
Representative teams
1998–1999 1999–2000 2005 - 09 2006 - 09 Scotland U19 Scotland U21 Scotland 7's Scotland A 9 (?) 12 (?) 13 (?)
Professional clubs coached
2011-14 Newcastle Falcons
Representative teams coached
2014 - Scotland 7s
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Calum MacRae (born 26 January 1980 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the head coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team.

Playing career

MacRae played rugby union as a centre and had also operated at fullback and fly-half.

After age grade rugby he played for a four-year period on the IRB Sevens World Series along with playing in the Celtic league for the Borders. He played his final tournament for Scotland at the 2005 RWC Sevens in Hong Kong. Following this he was in Frank Hadden's Scotland Training Squad for a 4-year period, however, MacRae never gained full honours. His international 15's career mainly consisted of three consecutive Churchill Cup Tournaments.

He was called up to the Scotland squad for the autumn tests in 2006^[1] and for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.^[2][3]

In 2009 he signed for Worcester Warriors.^[4]

Coaching career

He worked as a skills and attack coach at Newcastle Falcons from June 2011.^[5]

In June 2014 it was announced that he would take over as the coach for the Scotland national rugby union 7's team for the 2014-15 season.^[6]

MacRae is a qualified physical education teacher.

References

1. "Seven new faces in Scotland squad". BBC. 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
2. "Scots call up for in-form quartet". BBC. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
3. "Murray left out of Scotland squad". BBC. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
4. "Worcester sign Edinburgh's Calum MacRae". The Guardian. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
5. "Calum MacRae to become Scotland Sevens coach". BBC News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
6. "Scotland 7s confirm Calum MacRae as new coach". The Scotsman. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

External links

• Scottish Rugby Profile