Rory Coupar

Rory Coupar

Full name	Rory Coupar
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Ardrossan Academicals RFC Boroughmuir RFC Edinburgh Academicals
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1998-2000	Glasgow Warriors	0	(0)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Scotland 7s

Rory Coupar is a Scottish former rugby union player.

He played at amateur level for Ardrossan Academicals RFC. His talent was noticed by the Glasgow District Rugby Union. The GDRU had organised a Glasgow Warriors 'academy project' team, the Glasgow Thistles, which would receive their training in New Zealand in the summer of 1998. Coupar received a place in the Glasgow Thistles 22 man squad.^[1]

The next season 1998-99 Coupar, and his Glasgow Thistle team-mate Rory Kerr, trained with the Glasgow squad, but they did not play. Instead, they were still playing for their amateur clubs.

Both Kerr and Coupar broke into the Glasgow Warriors squad the following season 1999 - 2000. Kerr broke into the first team that season, but Coupar found himself on the bench. He was a substitute in Glasgow's last match in the Welsh-Scottish League that season, an away tie with Neath RFC.^[2] Glasgow were beaten 47 - 10 and Coupar did not play.^[3] The squad placing and named as an unused substitute was as close as Coupar came to playing a competitive match for Glasgow Warriors.

In 2000, Coupar was playing for Boroughmuir RFC.^[4][5][6] He also went on to play for Edinburgh Academicals.^[7]

Internationally, Coupar made the Scotland Sevens team.^[8]

References

1. "Glasgow send 22 kids to learn from the Kiwis". Herald Scotland.
2. "Reivers' chance to strike". Herald Scotland.
3. "Neath's pace tells in the end". Herald Scotland.
4. "Melrose push at the right times".
5. "FROM PLANET RUGBY WEBSITE".
6. "BBC SPORT - Scotland - BT Premiership One roundup".
7. "Sweet revenge for Heriot".
8. "McCallum hoping to spoil Hawks title party".