Grant McKelvey (born 28 December 1968) is a senior manager at the Scottish Rugby Union who has also worked as a rugby union coach. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Grant McKelvey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 December 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chingola, Zambia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Knox Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editMcKelvey was born on 28 December 1968 in Chingola, Zambia. He went to Knox Academy in Haddington.
Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe started off playing for Haddington and then played for Watsonians.
Professional and provincial career
editHe was named as a replacement in the Cities District side to play Australia in October 1996.[2] However he did not play.[3]
McKelvey played for Edinburgh Rugby.[4]
International career
editHe played for the Scottish Schools under-15s in 1984.[5]
He played one Autumn international match as hooker for Scotland against Australia at Murrayfield on 22 November 1997.
Coaching career
editIn July 2000 the Reivers announced that he had left their squad to concentrate on his work as a SRU development officer in East Lothian.[6]
He coached Musselburgh RFC until 2003 when he became the rugby development manager for Edinburgh.[7]
In 2007 he became the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team coach, having previously coached the under-17 team.[8] In December 2014 he became a talent identification and performance projects manager.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Grant McKelvey". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19961029/323/0040 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961104/291/0015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "District cap does not fit six Scotland internationalists. Room left to tempt big names north as 43 players pay the penalty for rugby's contract revolution". HeraldScotland. 16 April 1998.
- ^ McMurtrie, Bill (31 March 1984). "Young Scots fail to hold Wales". The Glasgow Herald. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Injury forces McNulty to call it a day with Reivers". The Scotsman. 5 July 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "McKelvey moves on". The Scotsman. 11 November 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "New Head Coaches For Scotland Age-Grade Teams" (Press release). Scottish Rugby Union. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Black, Gareth (11 November 2003). "Graeme Beveridge gets academy role with Edinburgh". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 February 2016.