| Birth name | Alexander Iain Craig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118.8 kg (262 lb; 18 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Hartpury College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Craig (born 26 April 1997) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for the Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship as a lock.
He played for Hartpury College in the BUCS Super Rugby competition and was involved in their win against University of Exeter in their 2015-16 season win coming off the bench.
He played for Hartpury University R.F.C. in the RFU Championship from the 2016–17 season.
On 14 February 2019, Craig signed his first professional contract with Gloucester, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2019–20 season. [1]
Craig signed for Welsh club the Scarlets on 19 June 2023, having made 49 appearances for Gloucester. [2]
On 23 April 2025 it was announced that Craig would join Glasgow Warriors at the end of the 2024-25 URC Season. [3] Craig said of the move:
I’m from Castle Douglas, and I’ve always kept a close eye on how Glasgow were doing as I supported the club when growing up. To see the club go from strength to strength in recent seasons has been so impressive, and they just keep getting better and better as a team.
I know quite a lot of the boys from U20s and from Scotland duty; I grew up playing minis with Stafford [McDowall] too, his dad was my first rugby coach and we played together from when we were seven until about 14 or 15. Stafford’s probably the one I spoke to the most when making the decision to move up here, but everyone I’ve spoken to has had nothing but good things to say about the club.
Craig previously played for Scotland U20s in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship from 2016 to 2018. [4]
Craig received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship. [5] He made his international debut for Scotland as a replacement versus Italy on 20 March 2021. [6] He gained his second cap, also as a replacement, in Scotland's victory over France in Paris on 26 March 2021. Scotland's first victory against France in Paris since 1999. [7] He gained his third cap, and first start, against USA in 2024. Craig then made his fourth cap off the bench against Chile. He made his fifth cap, and second start, against Portugal. He then made his sixth cap, off the bench, in Scotland's 27-13 victory over Australia on 24 November 2024