Roland Reid

Roland Reid
Birth name Roland Reid
Date of birth (1978-09-13) 13 September 1978
Place of birth Middelburg, South Africa
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School Springs Hts
University Open University
Notable relative(s) Don Kitchenbrand, great uncle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–2004
2004–05
2005–
2006–09		 Glasgow Warriors
London Irish
Yorkshire Carnegie
Edinburgh		 80 (95)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–99
2004
2006		 Golden Lions
Golden Lions
Boland Cavaliers		 1
9
3		 (0)
(10)
(5)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)


2001		 South Africa U19
Scotland A
Scotland
13
2

(5)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
- Scotland 8
Teams coached
Years Team
Scotland (women) (Asst)

Roland Reid (born 13 September 1978 in Middelburg, South Africa) is a South African-born Scottish rugby union footballer and coach. He played for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland, and also played Currie Cup rugby in South Africa. Reid could play at either flanker, Number Eight or Wing.

Career

Reid began his rugby career in South Africa playing for the Golden Lions, between 1997 and 1999,[1] and for the South Africa U19 side.[2] In 1999, he moved to Scotland and played for Glasgow Warriors[3] where he regularly changed positions for the side.[4] Reid's father was from Greenock and thus he was already Scottish-qualified.[5] Reid's great uncle Don Kitchenbrand[6] had played football for Rangers in the 1950s.[7]

Reid received his first full Scotland cap in 2001.[8] He also played for Scotland A and Scotland Sevens,[6] which he helped win the World Cup Plate in March 2008.[9] Reid was with Glasgow until 2004,[10][11] when he returned to South Africa to play Currie Cup rugby with the Golden Lions during the 2004 Currie Cup Premier Division.[1]

In season 2004-05 Reid moved to London Irish[12] and the following season to Leeds Carnegie. He played for the provincial side Boland Cavaliers in the 2006 Currie Cup First Division,[1] where he helped them win the competition to gain promotion to the Currie Cup Premier Division.[13] Reid then moved back to Scotland where he played for Edinburgh until 2009,[14] when he retired from professional rugby due to a persistent knee injury.[15]

While playing at Edinburgh, Reid gained a UKCC Level 1 coaching certificate.[16] He has a performance coaching business and a psychology degree from The Open University.[17] In 2013, he became the Assistant Coach for Scotland's Women Rugby side[18] under Julie Maxton.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SA Rugby Player Profile – Roland Reid". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA rugby players big in England".
  3. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12208770.Caley_apos_s_Reid_has_a_blue_ambition/
  4. ↑ "Roland Reid Switches Back To Pack For Glasgow".
  5. ↑ "Roland Reid, Edinburgh and Scotland back row, to retire". Herald Scotland.
  6. 1 2 "Squad - 1st Team - Rugby - Yorkshire Carnegie - Official Site : Players".
  7. ↑ Robert Kitson. "Scotland select South African-born Roland Reid". the Guardian.
  8. ↑ "BBC SPORT - RUGBY UNION - Winger Reid's rapid promotion".
  9. ↑ "Rugby Union News: Roland Reid retires".
  10. ↑ "History Roland Reid". Statbunker.
  11. ↑ "Roland Reid Confirmed As A Wing". ercrugby.com.
  12. ↑ Sunday People (9 April 2005). "RUGBY UNION: REID TRY DUMPS QUINS IN MIRE". mirror.
  13. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - Rugby Shorts".
  14. ↑ "Match Report - Ospreys Rugby".
  15. ↑ Alasdair Reid (20 August 2009). "Scotland international Roland Reid is forced to retire with persistent knee injury". Telegraph.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Roland Reid Retires From Rugby".
  17. ↑ "Scottish Rugby: Further International Honours for Roland Reid".
  18. ↑ Scotland Women get ready for new international season. 11 September 2013 – via YouTube.
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