Alex Moffat (rugby union)

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Alex Moffat

Birth name

Alex Moffat

Date of birth

29 June 1968 (age 56)

Place of birth

Workington, England

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1990-94	Flyde		()
1994-95	Orrell		()
2001-02	Stirling County		()
2002	Orrell		()
2002-03	Preston Grasshoppers		()
2003-04	Stirling County		()
2004	Flyde		()
–	Stirling County		()
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1995-2001	Orrell		()
2001-02	Glasgow Warriors		()

Alex Moffat (born 29 June 1968 in Workington, England) is a former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Orrell. He played in the position of hooker.^[1]

Amateur career

Moffat played for Fylde Rugby Club in Lancashire from 1990-91.^[2]

He moved to Orrell in 1994, and stayed with them when they turned professional in 1995.

Moving to Scotland when Orrell returned to amateur status, Moffat played for Stirling County.^[3]^[4]

He rejoined Orrell, now an amateur club again.^[5]

He moved to Preston Grasshoppers in 2002.^[6]^[7]

In 2003 he played for Stirling County.^[8] In January 2004 he moved back to Fylde Rugby Club.^[6]

He moved back to Stirling County and was their captain.^[9] He retired from rugby in 2014.^[10]

Professional career

Moffat first tried his hand with professional clubs with Orrell in 1995.^[11] Orrell became an amateur club again in 2001 and Moffat found his way north to Stirling County and Glasgow Warriors.

In 2001-02 Moffat was called into Glasgow Warriors Heineken Cup squad for that season.^[3]

He was named in a combined Glasgow-Edinburgh team to play Newcastle Falcons development team on 17 September 2001.^[12] He replaced Peter Robertson in that match and the combined team had a comfortable victory, scoring seven tries.^[13]

References

^ "Guinness PRO12".
^ "Cumbria V Cheshire 2nd October 1993" (PDF). Cheshire RFU.
^ ^a ^b "Glasgow Call On Five Club Players - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^ "Rbs Premier A Review: Round 4 - Glasgow Warriors".
^ "Orrell".
^ ^a ^b "Fylde have finally got Moffat back".
^ "A fresh challenge but old rivalries die hard".
^ "RUGBY UNION: County beaten by the weather; Boroughmuir 13 Stirling County 13 (Abandoned 86 mins). - Free Online Library".
^ "Read the latest news and game reports from Stirling County RFC".
^ "New captain upbeat on Stirling County's prospects".
^ "Rugby Union: Desperate Orrell find extra gear". Independent.co.uk. 22 December 1996. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
^ "Comeback Match For Alan Bulloch - Glasgow Warriors".
^ "Seven-Try Win For Combined Team - Glasgow Warriors".

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