Alan Kittle

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Alan Kittle
Birth nameAlan John Kittle
Date of birth (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Scotland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School Ross High School, Tranent
Rugby union career
Position(s) tighthead Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Stewarts Melville ()
– Watsonians ()
– Stirling County ()
– Musselburgh ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-97 Edinburgh Rugby ()
1997-99 Glasgow Warriors ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U19

Alan Kittle (born 10 December 1970 [1] in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors. He played at the Loosehead Prop position.

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Rugby Union career

Kittle played rugby both in the amateur and professional era.

Amateur career

He played with amateur club Stewarts Melville in 1993 [2] to 1995. [3]

He joined Watsonians in the 1995–96 season. [4] [5]

In 1999 [6] and 2000, Alan played for Musselburgh RFC. [7]

Professional career

When rugby's professional era began in Scotland in 1996, Kittle signed for Edinburgh. As part of the Edinburgh deal Kittle could still play for Watsonians. [8] [9]

However he was overlooked by the Edinburgh team and joined Glasgow for 1997 to 1998 season. [10] As part of the Glasgow rugby deal Kittle could play for Stirling County. [11]

He played 9 matches for Glasgow in the Heineken Cup [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] and played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. [18] He also played for Glasgow against South Africa. [19] [20] and Fiji [21] and Māori All Blacks [22]

International career

He played for Scotland Schools while still at Ross High School, Tranent. [23] He also played for Scotland Under 19s in 1990. [24]

He was in Scotland's World Cup preparation squad till injury in 1994. [25]

He played for a Scotland Development XV in the Zimbabwe tour of 1995. [26] [27] He was on the bench for the combined Scottish Districts match against Spain in 2000. [28]

Outside of rugby

Kittle now has an Art and Marketing career [27] and is a Creative Director in Bristol. [29] [30]

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  27. 1 2 "Supergroup :: The Creative Collective :: Marketing Services Edinburgh Scotland". Wearesupergroup.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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  29. ↑ "Alan Kittle | LinkedIn". Uk.linkedin.com. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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