| Birth name | Aaron Collins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 June 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aaron Collins (born 25 June 1971 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player and now coach. He normally played at the Centre position; and previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Glasgow Academicals and West of Scotland.
By virtue of a grandfather born in Blackburn, West Lothian - Aaron Collins was Scottish-Qualified - and in 1994 he was also playing in Scotland for Glasgow Academicals. [1]
He played for amateur side West of Scotland in 1997 [2] [3] and 1998 [4] [5]
He was back playing with West of Scotland in 2002. [6] [7]
He played again for Glasgow Accies in a memorial match for Gordon Mackay in 2012. [8]
Collins played for Oban Lorne RFC in the 2014-15 season. [9]
Aaron represented Waikato province against the British and Irish Lions in 1993. [10] At the time Collins was playing for Hamilton Old Boys. Collins is one of the select players to have played for four New Zealand provinces: Poverty Bay, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and King Country. He played in New Zealand between 1991 and 1997. [11]
He was called up by Glasgow Warriors in the 1997–98 and 1998-99 season. [12] He was on the bench for the professional provincial side on 4 January 1988 in a Scottish Inter-District Championship match against Caledonia Reds. [13] He played in the Heineken Cup for Glasgow in the 1998-99 season against Pontypridd RFC. [14] He also played in some of Glasgow's Welsh matches in the WRU Challenge Cup of the 1998-99 season. [15]
Collins also played for Harlequins in England. [16]
He was to play for a Scotland Sevens side named Rugby Ecosse in 1998 in the Air France International Sevens scoring a try against Argentina Sevens side. [17]
He coached Hillhead Jordanhill in the 2006-07 season. [16]
Collins became coach of Biggar RFC in 2007. [18] [19]
His father John Collins was an All Black in 1964. [1]