Graeme Young

Graeme Young
Full name Graeme Young
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
University University of Otago
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Stirling County
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2000-01 Glasgow Warriors 1 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club / team
2008-2011
2011-15
2015-present		 Stirling County (Asst.)
Stirling County
Scotland Women (Asst.)

Graeme Young (born Dunedin, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand born Scottish rugby union player and now coach who played for Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County at the Scrum-half position. He is now the Assistant Coach of the Scotland women's national rugby union team.

His parents both are Scottish - and Young emigrated to Scotland from New Zealand in 2000. He had previously played for Wellington and Otago. He played for Poneke before moving to Scotland.

Young played for amateur club Stirling County from 2000.

He made one appearance for the professional provincial side Glasgow Warriors; in the season 2000-01. Coming on as a replacement for Chris Black at scrum-half in 71 minutes, he turned out for Glasgow at Hughenden in a Welsh-Scottish League match against Cross Keys RFC on 2 September 2000.[1] Glasgow won the match 52 - 28.[2]

Young coached Stirling County from 2008, becoming head coach in 2011 and he remained there till 2015.[3]

He left Stirling and became an assistant coach with the Scotland women's national rugby union team.[4]

An HR manager professionally he has worked for media group Sky and as a Rugby Development Officer for Clackmanannshire Council.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Big win fails to impress Caley coach". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Patchy Caley unlock Welsh". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑ Donald Morton (10 June 2015). "Hunt for new Stirling County boss begins after Graeme Young steps down". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Young blood for Women’s backroom team". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Graeme Young". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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