Geoff Cross is a Scottish

Scotland

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 rugby union player. A prop forward, he currently plays for Edinburgh.

Cross was selected for the Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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 squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship

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. Sadly his debut match against Wales ended prematurely when he was sin-binned for a tackle in the air on full-back Lee Byrne

Lee Byrne

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. Cross was carried off with horrific self-inflicted head injuries. Many people found this ironic as Cross is a qualified doctor. He did not play for the rest of Scotland's campaign. He has since returned for Edinburgh but was not included in new coach Andy Robinson

Andy Robinson

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's squad for the 2009 Autumn Tests.