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Gareth Flockhart

Birth name

Gareth Flockhart

Date of birth

11 May 1972 (age 52)

Place of birth

Stirling, Scotland

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

School

Alva Academy

University

University of Edinburgh

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Stirling County		()
–	Currie RFC		()
–	North Berwick RFC		()
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1996-98	Caledonia Reds		()
1998–2002	Glasgow Warriors	50	(20)
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	North and Midlands		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Scotland A
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
	Scotland 7s

Gareth Flockhart (born 11 May 1972^[1] in Scotland) is a Scottish former Scotland A international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Caledonia Reds at the Flanker position.

He played for amateur sides Stirling County and Currie RFC.^[2]^[3] He also played Sevens for Watsonians.^[4] He now plays for North Berwick RFC.^[5]

He played in the district side and had a tour in Zimbabwe^[6] but did not receive a full Scotland cap. A call for full respective caps to be given to Flockhart and others to the SRU was made in 2009.^[7]

Flockhart began his professional career with Caledonia Reds^[1]^[8] in 1996 before they merged with the Glasgow side in 1998. Flockhart then joined Glasgow Caledonians, now Glasgow Warriors for the next four seasons.^[9] He was part of the Glasgow side that played against the touring South Africa in 2000.^[10] He played in the fledgling Celtic League in its first season (2001–02) making 5 appearances and scoring 2 tries for Glasgow.^[11]

Flockhart returned to the Glasgow Warriors side in 2002 to replace the injured Gprdon Simpson.^[12]^[13]^[14]

In 2009, he was part of the veteran Scotland stars side the Bone Steelers at the Dubai Sevens.^[15]

Flockhart went to the University of Edinburgh and received a BSc in Agriculture.^[16] He now works for crop nutrition company Yara.^[17]

External links

References

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^ "Gareth Flockhart Returns To Glasgow Xv".
^ Peter Donald (10 January 2002). "Flockhart steps into the breach". Telegraph.co.uk.
^ "BBC SPORT - CELTIC - Glasgow rest duo for Ponty trip". 8 February 2002.
^ codegent Ltd. "News: Scottish legends return to Dubai - Ultimate Rugby Sevens - UR7s". ur7s.
^ "Gareth Flockhart | LinkedIn". uk.linkedin.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Crop Nutrition Sales Contacts".