Craig Minto Chalmers is a former Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer for Melrose

Melrose RFC

Melrose Rugby Football Club, located in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders, is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world.-History:The club was formed in 1877 and was elected to full membership of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1880...

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International career

The fly-half represented Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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 and the British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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 at international level. He was capped 60 times for Scotland, the vast majority of times in his preferred position of fly-half, but on occasion at centre and once as a substitute on the right wing.

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

Harlequin F.C.

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, and the Pertemps Bees.

In 2010, he was arrested for breach of the peace and fined £60 for his part in a drunken brawl following the Melrose sevens

Melrose Sevens

Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, in Melrose, Scotland. It is the oldest rugby sevens competition dating from 1883, when the tournament was suggested by former Melrose player Ned Haig....

 competition.

Family

His sister Paula Chalmers achieved an even higher number of caps playing for the Scottish Women's rugby team.

External links

• Craig Chalmers on the Melrose RFC site
• Chalmers takes a bow - The Scotsman, 28 March 2005
• Chalmers yearns for rebirth of Scots rugby - The Scotsman, 4 April 2005