Adam Ashe

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Adam Ashe
Date of birth (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb)
School Alva Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number Eight / Loose forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hillfoots ()
Stirling County ()
2014 University of Canterbury RFC ()
2016–2017 Ayr ()
2017–2019 Stirling County ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2020 Glasgow Warriors 73 (65)
2020–22 LA Giltinis 17 ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019-2020 Stirling County 3 (5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010 Scotland U17
2011 Scotland U18
2010–2013 Scotland U20 10 (20)
2014–2020 Scotland 6 (0)
Correct as of 6 February 2016
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2011–2012 Scotland 7s 9 (10)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2020-22 UCLA Bruins RFC (Defence Coach)
2022- Stirling Wolves (Asst. coach)

Adam Ashe (born 24 July 1993 in Glasgow) is a Scotland international rugby union coach and former player. He is the Assistant Coach for the Stirling Wolves. He previously played for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby in the MLR; and for Glasgow Warriors.

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He played at the either number 8 or flanker. [1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Ashe, a product of Alva Academy, has played rugby for Hillfoots and Stirling County [2]

In 2016, he turned out for Ayr in the Scottish Premiership. [3]

Ashe has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017–18 season. [4]

Professional career

Ashe was named as an Elite Development Player in 2011, being attached to Glasgow Warriors. [2]

He earned his first cap for Glasgow, coming off the bench in the 78th minute against the Ospreys on 14 September 2012. [5] He is Glasgow Warrior No. 205. He was also named on the bench a week later, but was not used in the 27–10 victory over Connacht.

In addition to playing for Glasgow Warriors, Ashe played in the Super 6 tournament for Stirling County. [6]

After leaving the Warriors he played 17 times for the LA Giltinis. He announced his retirement from playing in July 2022 after a neck injury. [7]

International career

Ashe played for the Scotland under-17's team at the Wellington International Festival in 2010, [8] as well as travelling to Valladolid, Spain as a member in a development training squad. [9]

He also featured in the Scottish national sevens team for the 2011–12 season, playing in all nine tournament on the Sevens circuit.

The following year, Ashe was named in the Scotland under-18's squad for the 2011 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship. [10]

In 2013, he played for the Scotland under-20's team in every Six Nations Under 20s Championship match, which included a man of the match performance against Ireland under-20's. Ashe gained a further five caps for the U20s side in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, where Scotland under-20s finished 10th.

On 3 April 2014, Ashe was named the recipient for the John McPhail scholarship in 2014. [11] However, midway through his scholarship, Ashe was called up by new Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter, for the Scottish national side's test match with South Africa. [12] He started that match at Number 8, playing the full 80 minutes.

Coaching career

He was a defence coach with the UCLA Bruins rugby union side in his time in Los Angeles. [7]

Just three days after Ashe announced his playing career ended, he was announced as the Super 6 side Stirling Wolves assistant coach. [13]

Business career

He is now the Business Club Manager at Glasgow Warriors, taking over from Jim Taylor MBE. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scotland (Adam Ashe) – Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Glasgow Warriors | Elite Development Players". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  3. ↑ "Melrose 27 – 10 Ayr: Ayr suffer a Melrose mauling".
  4. ↑ "News". Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ospreys v Glasgow". ESPN scrum.
  6. ↑ @Super6Rugby (24 November 2019). "#WRVsSC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. 1 2 "Retirement Call for Foundation Giltini Adam Ashe". LA Giltinis.
  8. ↑ "Squad Head For Wellington – Scottish Rugby Union".
  9. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors | Adam Ashe". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  10. ↑ "Young Scots Set For Challenging 2011 – Scottish Rugby Union".
  11. ↑ "Talented duo win scholarship chance – Scottish Rugby Union".
  12. ↑ "Glasgow trio added to Scotland squad – Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Adam Ashe lands Stirling Wolves coaching role days after retiring from playing". The National.
  14. ↑ "Jim Taylor MBE | Glasgow Warriors Tribute". Glasgow Warriors. 8 December 2022.
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