James "Jim" Gerard McLaren (born 28 June 1972 in Stirling

Stirling

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) is a Scottish

Scottish people

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 former dual-code international rugby league

Rugby league

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 and rugby union

Rugby union

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 footballer, who at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Scotland

Scotland national rugby league team

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, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

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, and at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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, playing at centre.

International honours

Jim Mclaren won a cap for Scotland

Scotland national rugby league team

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 (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

 in the 20-22 defeat to France in Glasgow on 9 July 1997. His international rugby union début for Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

 (RU) came against Argentina in 1999. He made 30 Test appearances between 1999 and 2003 and finished his representative career playing in all four of Scotland's pool games in the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup.

External links

• - Sporting Heroes profile
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Profile on ESPN Scrum dot com.