| Birth name | Alex Moffat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 June 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Workington, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Moffat (born 29 June 1968 in Workington, England) is a former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Orrell. He played in the position of hooker. [1]
Moffat played for Fylde Rugby Club in Lancashire from 1990-91. [2]
He moved to Orrell in 1994, and stayed with them when they turned professional in 1995.
Moving to Scotland when Orrell returned to amateur status, Moffat played for Stirling County. [3] [4]
He rejoined Orrell, now an amateur club again. [5]
He moved to Preston Grasshoppers in 2002. [6] [7]
In 2003 he played for Stirling County. [8] In January 2004 he moved back to Fylde Rugby Club. [6]
He moved back to Stirling County and was their captain. [9] He retired from rugby in 2014. [10]
Moffat first tried his hand with professional clubs with Orrell in 1995. [11] Orrell became an amateur club again in 2001 and Moffat found his way north to Stirling County and Glasgow Warriors.
In 2001-02 Moffat was called into Glasgow Warriors Heineken Cup squad for that season. [3]
He was named in a combined Glasgow-Edinburgh team to play Newcastle Falcons development team on 17 September 2001. [12] He replaced Peter Robertson in that match and the combined team had a comfortable victory, scoring seven tries. [13]