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Date of birth | 23 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Narbonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Cheltenham College King's School Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Bryan Redpath (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron Redpath (born 23 December 1999) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Bath. Born in France, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. His father, Bryan Redpath, is a former Scotland captain.
He came through the Sale Sharks academy and played 22 games for the club before joining Bath Rugby in February 2020. [1] [2]
Cameron Redpath represented Scotland at U16 level and both Scotland and England at U18 level. Redpath represented England under-20 in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, scoring tries against Wales [3] and France. [4] Redpath was selected in England's 34-man squad for their 2018 summer tour of South Africa [5] but was unable to travel with the squad because of injury. [6] He scored a try against Scotland in the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [7] He also played at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship however his tournament came to an end when he received a six-week ban for biting an opponent in their penultimate match against Ireland. [8] [9]
In January 2021, Redpath was selected in the Scotland 2021 Six Nations Championship squad. [10] On 6 February 2021 he started for Scotland at Centre in the Calcutta Cup against England. [11] Redpath came on as a replacement versus Wales in the 2022 Six Nations match. [12]
In 2023 Redpath was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. [13]
Cameron is the son of former Scotland international captain Bryan Redpath, [14] and was born in France when his father was playing there for RC Narbonne. [15] He was educated at Cheltenham College, The King's School, Macclesfield, and Sedbergh School on a scholarship. [16] His uncle Craig also played at a high level, and his younger brother Murray was playing for the Scotland Under-20 team in 2022. [17]
Bryan Redpath's nickname as a player was "Basil" [18] and whilst at Sale his son was given the nickname "boom boom" as a result due to the association with the children's television character Basil Brush. [19] [20]