Gordon Reid (rugby union)
_(Gordon_Reid_cropped).jpg) Reid in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Gordon Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Reid (born 4 March 1987) is a Scottish international Rugby union player. He plays as a loosehead prop. He now plays for Marr. He previously played for English Premiership sides London Irish and Northampton Saints, the Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors and the Super 6 side Ayrshire Bulls.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Reid played for Ayr.[3]
In 2021 Reid joined Marr. He scored a try on his debut on 4 September 2021.[4]
Professional career
[edit]Reid has played over 100 times for the Glasgow Warriors.[5]
After 7 years at Glasgow Warriors Reid departed the club when his contract expired in the summer of 2017.[6]
On 1 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for newly promoted London Irish in the English Premiership.[7]
For the start of the 2019–20 season it was announced that Reid would join the Super 6 side, the Ayrshire Bulls.[8]
On 29 November 2019 it was announced that in addition to playing for the Ayrshire Bulls, Reid would once again join Glasgow Warriors in a partnership contract between the Pro14 and Super 6 side.[9]
On 11 March 2020 it was announced that Reid had signed for Northampton Saints. Saints' scrum coach Matt Ferguson said the capture of Reid was 'top of the shopping list'.[10] He departed the club in June 2020 having not been able to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In November 2021 he joined Wasps RFC on a short-term contract.[12]
International career
[edit]Reid was called into the Scotland squad for the first time during the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests and made an appearance on the substitute's bench against Tonga on 24 November, however he did not make it onto the field for his international debut.[13][14] Reid made his Scotland debut v USA on the 2014 tour, and was a member of the Scotland Squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He scored his first try for Scotland in the Calcutta Cup game of the 2017 Six Nations Championship.[15]
Outside of rugby
[edit]Reid made the headlines on 24 November 2019 when after investigating a burning smell – which he initially thought may have his tumble drier – he ran into a neighbour's house and saved a man from a burning building.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gordon Reid Glasgow Warriors profile". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Bulls, The Ayrshire (29 November 2019). "The @GlasgowWarriors have signed Bulls' prop Gordon Reid on a partnership contract. The @Scotlandteam International will remain an Ayrshire Bulls' player, but will train at Scotstoun and provide cover".
- ^ "Gordon Reid". Glasgow Warriors.
- ^ "Former Scotland cap scores on Marr debut as trio post opening-day victories in Tennent's Premiership".
- ^ "News". Glasgow Warriors.
- ^ "Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors". BBC News. 14 February 2017.
- ^ "London Irish sign Gordon Reid, Ben Meehan and Lasha Lomidze following promotion". BBC News. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ LINE, THE OFFSIDE (9 August 2019). "Scotland star Gordon Reid signs for Ayrshire Bulls Super 6 side – @OfficialAyrRFC @GGreid87 @Scotlandteam @Super6Rugby".
- ^ LINE, THE OFFSIDE (29 November 2019). "Ayrshire Bulls prop Gordon Reid signs partnership deal with Glasgow Warriors".
- ^ "Coach Matt Ferguson says new recruit Gordon Reid was 'top of the shopping list' for Saints". northamptonchron.co.uk.
- ^ "Van Vuuren and Trinder to leave Northampton Saints this summer". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Gordon Reid: Wasps sign Scotland prop on 'short-term' contract". BBC News. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Reid Joins Scotland Squad". Rugby 365. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Scotland 15 Tonga 21 ESPN Scrum Match Details". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Squads: Scotland men: Gordon Reid". scottishrugby.org. Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Ecosse. Le pilier Gordon Reid agit en héros et sauve la vie d'un homme dans un incendie". actu.fr.
- ^ Parker, Charlie. "Rugby ace Gordon Reid turns hero to save neighbour from fire". The Times. London.
External links
[edit]- Gordon Reid at ESPNscrum
- Gordon Reid at ItsRugby.co.uk