Scott Lawson
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Scott Lawson is a Scottish
rugby union
player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from Sale Sharks
in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker
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Lawson started playing rugby with Biggar RFC
he went through the youth system and all the way to the first XV. He then moved to sign and play for the Glasgow
Pro' team.
Lawson scored a try during his twelfth cap for Scotland in 2007, in a match against . He was selected for the 2007 World Cup
, and scored a try against in Scotland's opening match http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10079/report.html#scotland+beat+boys+portugal. He signed for Gloucester Rugby on 9 September 2008 from Glasgow Warriors.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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...
player who plays club rugby for Gloucester Rugby after moving there from 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...
in September 2008, and plays internationally for . He plays as a hooker
Rugby union positions
In the game rugby union, there are fifteen players on each team, comprising eight forwards and seven backs . Depending upon the competition, there may be up to eight replacement players. Early games consisted primarily of forwards that attacked plus a handful of "tends" that played back in defence...
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Lawson started playing rugby with Biggar RFC
Biggar RFC
Biggar RFC was formed in 1975 by five men who had been heavily involved in rugby clubs in their younger days and thought that the area might just stand a chance of raising a new social rugby club. These were Dr...
he went through the youth system and all the way to the first XV. He then moved to sign and play for the Glasgow
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...
Pro' team.
Lawson scored a try during his twelfth cap for Scotland in 2007, in a match against . He was selected for the 2007 World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
, and scored a try against in Scotland's opening match http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10079/report.html#scotland+beat+boys+portugal. He signed for Gloucester Rugby on 9 September 2008 from Glasgow Warriors.