Craig Sangster
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| Birth name | Craig Sangster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 March 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Sangster (born 2 March 1975 in Scotland), is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors at the Full Back or Centre position. Rarely he filled in at Fly-half.[2]
Sangster played for amateur club Stirling County in two spells[3][4]
At amateur district level Sangster played for Glasgow District at under 19[5] and under 21 grades.[6]
While with Stirling, Sangster also played for the professional Glasgow side in two spells; the first from 1996 to 1998. He played for Glasgow in all of their Challenge Cup matches in 1996-97; and in all of their Heineken Cup matches in 1997-98.[1]
On leaving Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County Sangster signed for Blackheath in London, England.[7] Blackheath were then a professional side playing in the Allied Dunbar Premiership 2.[8]
Sangster spent a year with Blackheath before returning to Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County. He was back playing with the then Glasgow Caledonians in 2000.[9] He played on their Canadian tour in 2000.[10] In 2001 he represented Caledonia Reds as an amateur district.[11]
He played for Stirling County in the Melrose Sevens in 2003.[12]
Sangster also played for Hamilton RFC.[13][14]
He played for Falkirk RFC[15][16][17]
Sangster joined Grangemouth Stags as Head Coach and player in 2011[15] and played in the RBS National Bowl in 2013.[18]
He now plays for Bannockburn RFC.[19]
Sangster played in the memorial match for Gordon Mackay in 2012, his old Stirling team mate.[20] He was capped by Scotland Students[21] and by Scotland Under-21.[22]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Player Archive : Statistics - EPCR - Official Website". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Sangster seals County's rally". scotsman.com.
- ^ "Sangster sets fine example Centre accepts responsibility as Stirling bid for return to success". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Search Results".
- ^ "Featherstone pushes aside all challenges". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Bulloch caps a rare win for Glasgow over the Borderers". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Rugby Union: ...AND DIVISION TWO". The Independent. 4 September 1998.
- ^ "Match Centre - Rugby - Yorkshire Carnegie - Official Site : Match Centre : Leeds Carnegie". yorkshirecarnegie.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Caledonia make a winning start". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Alan Lorimer in Rome (12 August 2000). "Scotland drawn against Uruguay". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "RUGBY UNION - Returning Exiles dump champions". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001.
- ^ "Melrose Rugby Sevens 2003". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Club Round-up 14". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Ant". carlukegazette.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Stags prise some new signings from Falkirk". falkirkherald.co.uk.
- ^ "GHA Rugby Club - Official Website - Big Win v Falkirk". gharugby.co.uk.
- ^ "It". hawick-news.co.uk.
- ^ "Grangemouth Stags RFC vs Oban Lorne RFC , Sat, 20/04/2013 - 12:00 - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
- ^ "CAPTAIN(S) vs. PRESIDENT(S)". bannockburnrfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Glittering Lineup for Gordon McKay Memorial Match". glasgowhawks.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Students prevail in feast of tries". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Youth given a chance". Herald Scotland.