Ali Price
_(Ali_Price_cropped).jpg) Price representing Scotland during the Summer Internationals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alistair William Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | King's Lynn, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wisbech Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alistair William Price (born 12 May 1993) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh. Born in England, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Early life
[edit]Price was born on 12 May 1993 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School, a private school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[1] He is eligible to play for Scotland through his Scottish mother.[2][3] Price has extended family in Troon, South Ayrshire.
Price was drafted to Ayr in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[4]
Club career
[edit]Price signed for Glasgow Warriors in the 2013–14 season as part of their Elite Development Programme. As part of this deal, Price also plays for the BT Premiership side Stirling County.[5]
On 21 December 2015 Price graduated from the Scottish Rugby Academy and signed professional contract with Glasgow Warriors.[6]
Price's nickname amongst his team mates at Glasgow is "Ah-ha-li Price" in reference to another famous Norfolk resident, Alan Partridge.[7][8]
International career
[edit]Scotland
[edit]On 26 November 2016, Price made his Scotland debut against Georgia in a 43 points to 16 win at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.[9]
Price was selected in Scotland's 2019 Rugby World Cup squad and played in Scotland's opening Pool A match against Ireland. However he sustained a foot injury and that curtailed his World Cup experience.[10]
Price was capped by Scotland 'A' on 25 June 2022 in their match against Chile.[11]
In 2023 Price was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[12]
British & Irish Lions
[edit]In May 2021, Price was selected in the 37-man squad for the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa.[13] He became Lion #843 after taking to the field in the opening warmup match against Japan at Murrayfield.[14]
Price scored a try on his first Lions start against the Sigma Lions at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.[15]
After performing strongly in the tour's warm-up matches, and despite Conor Murray having previously been named tour captain, Price was selected in the starting line up for the first Test, playing for 65 minutes as the Lions won 22-17 to take a lead in the series.[16][17] He then came off the bench for another cap in the second Test defeat, before being restored to the starting line-up for the third and decisive Test.[18][19]
Career statistics
[edit]List of international tries
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 June 2017 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |  Italy | 8–3 | 34–13 | 2017 June rugby union tests |
| 2 | 25 November 2017 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland |  Australia | 15–12 | 53–24 | 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals |
| 3 | 23 February 2019 | Stade de France, Paris, France |  France | 8–20 | 10–27 | 2019 Six Nations Championship |
| 4 | 6 September 2019 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland |  Georgia | 5–0 | 36–9 | 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches |
| 5 | 30 September 2023 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France |  Romania | 12–0 | 84–0 | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
| 6 | 7 October 2023 | Stade de France, Paris, France |  Ireland | 12–36 | 14–36 | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
as of 7 October 2023[update][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "WISBECH GRAMMAR SCHOOL PAST-PUPIL ALI PRICE SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH GLASGOW WARRIORS". Wisbech Grammar School. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Hotshots: Glasgow Warrior scrum-half Ali price". Rugby World. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "PRICE GETS IT RIGHT AFTER LONG WAIT". 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Pro-player draft". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors (Ali Price)". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Price signs professional contract". Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Podcast: Episode 44 - A Prop's Salad". Scottish Rugby Blog. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "These are the brilliant 2021 Lions squad nicknames and the reasons they've been given them - Page 2 of 5". Ruck. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "MATCH REPORT - Scotland 43-16 Georgia". 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Pyrgos to replace injured Price". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ "Chile v Scotland A". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ "British and Irish Lions 2021: Sam Simmonds in 37-man squad but Billy Vunipola misses out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Player Numbers". British & Irish Lions. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Reaction after Adams scores four tries in British & Irish Lions victory". BBC Sport. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Jones to captain Lions in first Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Lions fight back to clinch series opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Relive South Africa v Lions second Test". BBC Sport. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Lions suffer agonising late series loss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "LIONS V JAPAN UPDATE". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ali Price at ESPNscrum
- Ali Price at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Ali Price at Scottish Rugby Union
- Ali Price at British & Irish Lions
- Ali Price at Edinburgh Rugby
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