Steve Swindall

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Steve Swindall
Birth nameSteve Swindall
Date of birth (1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Scotland
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Whitecraigs ()
Glasgow Hawks ()
2010-11 Amatori Rugby Milano ()
2011-14 Stirling County ()
2014- Austin Blacks ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003-09 Glasgow Warriors 65 (30)
2009-10 Rotherham Titans ()
2010-11 Glasgow Warriors 0 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scotland U18
Scotland U19
Scotland U21
Scotland 'A'
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2009-10 Rotherham Titans (Community Coach)
2010-11 Amatori Rugby Milano (Player-Coach)
2011-12 Morrison's Academy
2011-14 Stirling County (Forwards coach)
2014- Austin Blacks (Forwards & Defence)

Steve Swindall (born 11 December 1982 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union footballer who played for Glasgow Warriors. He played internationally for the Scotland 'A' side.

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Club career

Swindall came through the amateur ranks playing for Whitecraigs [1] [2] before playing for Glasgow Hawks. [3] Swindall made his Glasgow Warriors debut in 2004 playing against Yorkshire Carnegie, then known as Leeds Tykes, in a pre-season friendly. [1] He landed a professional deal with Glasgow Warriors in 2005. [1] He left Glasgow to play for the Rotherham Titans in 2009 [1] but stayed for only one year, rejoining Glasgow for a final season in 2010–11. [1] [4] He then played for amateur club Stirling County. [5] [6]

He now plays and coaches in Austin, Texas in the United States for amateur side Austin Blacks. [7]

International career

He played internationally for Scotland at age grades U18, U19 and U21 before being capped for the Scotland 'A' side. [1] [8]

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References

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  2. "Steve Swindall - News - WHITECRAIGS RUGBY CLUB". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. Reid, Alasdair (11 October 2004). "Swindall may move south". Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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  7. Rutledge, Justin. "Austin Blacks Impressive in Win". Rugby Today. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. "YouTube". YouTube . Retrieved 23 February 2017.