Craig Chalmers

Craig Minto Chalmers (born 15 October 1968) is a former Scottish rugby union footballer for Melrose and former coach of the club. He coached Esher for a couple of years from 2013-2015, but at present is not involved in coaching.

Craig Chalmers
Birth nameCraig Minto Chalmers
Date of birth (1968-10-15) 15 October 1968
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92 kg)
SchoolEarlston High School
ChildrenSam, Ben, Robbie & Naomi
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987-98
2003-4
2004-5		 Melrose
Birmingham & Solihull Bees
Melrose		 200 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2003		 Border Reivers
Edinburgh Rugby
Glasgow Warriors
Harlequins
Worcester Warriors

6

(25)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988-1995 The South ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989-1999
1989		 Scotland
British Lions		 60
1		 (166)
(6)
Teams coached
Years Team
2004-2013
2013 - 2013
2013 -		 Melrose
Chinnor RFC
Esher RFC

As a player, he represented Scotland and the British Lions at international level. He was capped 60 times for Scotland, 56 times in his preferred position of fly-half, but on occasion at centre and once as a substitute on the right wing. He was noted for his tactical kicking, support play, game management, & tackling which was something that fly halves of his time were not noted for.

Club career

He finished his playing career in March 2005 as captain and player-coach with Melrose, where his club career began. In the interim, he also played for Worcester Warriors, Harlequins, and the Pertemps Bees.

Coaching

He left Melrose at the end of the 2012/13 season to join Chinnor RFC as head coach, only to resign before taking charge of a single match, due to[1] "personal reasons".

He joined Esher Rugby as a back coach for their senior team from August 2013 - April 2015. [2]

Family

His sister Paula Chalmers played for the Scottish Women's rugby team and achieved an even higher number of caps.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Craig Chalmers takes Esher backs coach role". The Scotsman. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "The perils of Paula as Scottish girls struggle to get act together". Scotland on Sunday. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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