Alan Kittle

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Alan Kittle
Birth nameAlan John Kittle
Date of birth (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 50)
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
1997-99		 Edinburgh Rugby
Glasgow Warriors 		()
National team(s)
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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References

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  2. ↑ BILL LEITH (29 November 1993). "Rugby Union: Wyllie teases rivals". The Independent.
  3. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Stewart's Melville FP versus Stirling County, Inverleith, Edinburgh, 11 February 1995". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Melrose versus Watsonians, The Greenyards, Melrose, 4 November 1995". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Heriot's FP versus Watsonians, Meggetland, Edinburgh, 21 April 1996". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Musselburgh race to impressive win". Herald Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Aberdeen's Stirling work". The Scotsman. 2000-09-17. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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  9. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Melrose versus Watsonians, The Greenyards, 22 February 1997". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
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  12. ↑ "Match Centre | Welsh Rugby Union | Official Website : Match Centre : Heineken Cup". Wru.co.uk. 1997-10-12. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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  14. ↑ "Match Report". Swansea RFC. 1997-09-21. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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  17. ↑ "Glasgow v Wasps rugby match 1997". Love-rugby.com. 1997-09-14. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  18. ↑ "Big sheet, Glasgow Caledonians versus Edinburgh Reivers, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, 25 October 1998". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  19. ↑ "Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow Caledonians versus South Africa, Firhill Stadium, Glasgow, 10 November 1998". Calmview.eu. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  20. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – Glasgow Caledonians : 1998 SA to UK and Ireland". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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  22. ↑ "Defeat but no disgrace for Glasgow's Reds". Herald Scotland.
  23. ↑ "Findlay wings his way home in schools' side". Herald Scotland.
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  25. ↑ "Logan's welcome County return for Jed-Forest visit". Herald Scotland.
  26. ↑ "Google Groups". Groups.google.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  27. 1 2 "Supergroup :: The Creative Collective :: Marketing Services Edinburgh Scotland". Wearesupergroup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  28. ↑ "RUGBY: MATT'S MISERY GOES ON. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  29. ↑ "Alan Kittle | LinkedIn". Uk.linkedin.com. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2016-01-16.[ permanent dead link ]
  30. ↑ Stephen Lepitak. "Mason Zimbler appoints Alan Kittle as creative director". The Drum. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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