Richie Gray (rugby player)
Encyclopedia
Richie Gray is a Scottish international rugby union player currently playing for Glasgow Warriors
. It was announced in November 2011 that Gray would be leaving the Warriors at the end of the current season, having agreed to sign for the Sale Sharks
.
A former Kelvinside Academy
student, he has represented Scotland at every age group from U-17 through to the senior sides, winning his first cap as an international, as a substitute in the 2010 Six Nations Championship
match against France
. His first full international cap, came against New Zealand during the 2010 Autumn test series.
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of two professional rugby union teams in Scotland, Edinburgh being the other. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12 and their home ground is Firhill Stadium, also the home of Partick Thistle Football Club.-History:Glasgow Rugby were created to...
. It was announced in November 2011 that Gray would be leaving the Warriors at the end of the current season, having agreed to sign for the Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
.
A former Kelvinside Academy
Kelvinside Academy
Kelvinside Academy is a private school in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1878. It has a capacity of 640 pupils and spans two years of Junior Start , six years of Junior School , and seven years of Senior School , comprising fifteen years in all...
student, he has represented Scotland at every age group from U-17 through to the senior sides, winning his first cap as an international, as a substitute in the 2010 Six Nations Championship
2010 Six Nations Championship
The 2010 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2010 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 11th series of the Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the six major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams...
match against France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
. His first full international cap, came against New Zealand during the 2010 Autumn test series.