Gordon Reid (rugby union)

Gordon Reid
Reid in 2017
Birth name Gordon Reid
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Ayr ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–17
2017-		 Glasgow Warriors
London Irish		 113 (35)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014– Scotland 32 (5)
Correct as of 17 March 2018

Gordon Reid (born 4 March 1987) is a Scottish international Rugby Union player. He plays as a prop for English Premiership side London Irish having previously played for Glasgow Warriors in the PRO12.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Ayr.[2]

Professional career

He has played over 100 times for the Glasgow Warriors.[3]

After 7 years at Glasgow Warriors Reid will be departing when his contract expires in the summer of 2017.[4]

On 1 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for newly-promoted London Irish in the English Premiership.[5]

International career

Reid was called into the Scotland squad for the first time during the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests and made an appearance on the substitute's bench against Tonga on 24 November, however he did not make it onto the field for his international debut.[6][7]. Reid made his Scotland debut v USA on the 2014 tour, and was a member of the Scotland Squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He scored his first try for Scotland in the Calcutta Cup game of the 2017 Six Nations Championship.[8]

Reference List

  1. ↑ "Gordon Reid Glasgow Warriors profile". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/glasgow-warriors/player/gordon-reid
  3. ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/16/10/13/reid-set-make-100th-appearance-leicester-come-town
  4. ↑ "Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors". BBC News. 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "London Irish sign Gordon Reid, Ben Meehan and Lasha Lomidze following promotion". BBC News. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Reid Joins Scotland Squad". Rugby 365. 5 Nov 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Scotland 15 Tonga 21 ESPN Scrum Match Details". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Gordon Reid". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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