Ryan Grant (rugby union)

For other people with the same name, see Ryan Grant (disambiguation).
Ryan Grant
Full name Ryan Grant
Date of birth (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985
Place of birth Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
School Alice Smith School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Loosehead Prop
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2005
2016–		 Army
Currie
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2005–2007
2007–2010
2010–		 Border Reivers
Edinburgh Rugby
Glasgow Warriors		 6
14
108		 (0)
(0)
(40)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2006
2007
2012–
2013		 Scotland U21
Scotland A
Scotland
British and Irish Lions		 10
3
25		 (0)
(0)
(0)
correct as of 27 September 2015.

Ryan Grant (born 8 October 1985 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland) is a Scotland international rugby union player.

Educated at the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is an ex-soldier; he served in the Royal Corps of Signals, British Army as an Area System Operator from 2002 to 2005.[1]

Amateur level

He played rugby for the Army before making the grade at Professional level.

In 2016, he turned out for Currie in the Scottish Premiership.[2]

Professional level

Weighing in at 249 lb for 6"1 he plays prop for club side Glasgow Warriors, having previously played for the Scottish professional sides Border Reivers and Edinburgh Rugby making him one of a few players to have played for three of Scotland's professional teams. He was named in the Pro12 Dream Team at the end of the 2012/13 season.

International Level

He made his Scotland debut in the first Test of the 2012 summer tour, starting against Australia at the Hunter Stadium in New South Wales.[3] He continued to start in the further two wins over Fiji and Samoa.

On 7 June 2013, Grant was called up for the British and Irish Lions to cover injured Gethin Jenkins.[4]

References

  1. ↑ " "LinkedIn".
  2. ↑ "Warriors in BT Premiership action - Glasgow Warriors".
  3. ↑ Mason, Jim (6 June 2012). "Ryan Grant urges Scotland to continue tour momentum". BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Tom. "Cian Healy ruled out of tour with ankle injury".
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