Chris Simmers

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Chris Simmers
Birth nameChris Simmers
Date of birth (1969-10-17) 17 October 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Scotland
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
School The Glasgow Academy
University Edinburgh University
Notable relative(s) Brian Simmers, father
Max Simmers, grandfather
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow Academicals
Edinburgh Academicals
Racing 92
Edinburgh Academicals
Glasgow Hawks 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-97
1997–99		 Edinburgh
Glasgow Warriors
15
(10)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U16

Chris Simmers (born 17 October 1969 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player. He played professionally for Glasgow Warriors and at amateur level for Glasgow Hawks normally playing at the Centre position.

As a schoolboy he played for Glasgow Academicals and represented Scotland Schools. [1] His father Brian Simmers and grandfather Max Simmers both played for Glasgow Academicals and both represented Scotland. His father Brian was a chairman of Glasgow Academicals and founded the Glasgow Hawks side on Accies and Glasgow High Kelvinside merger in 1997. [2]

He played for Edinburgh Academicals [3] and from there in 1991 went to Racing 92 in Paris. He played in France for one season, returning to Scotland to play for Scotland Students in the World Cup. [3]

Professionalism came into the Scottish Rugby Union game in 1996, a year after World Rugby had decreed an open game. This meant for the first time, players could change code without sanction. Simmers played for the Scotland Rugby League Nines side in the Super League World Nines in the 1996 tournament, the abbreviated version of Rugby League. [4]

He played for Edinburgh in 1996. [3] He made 3 appearances in the Heineken Cup for Edinburgh in the 1996-97 season. [5]

Playing with Glasgow Hawks he signed a professional contract with Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors, in 1997. [6] He played a further 10 matches in the Heineken Cup for Glasgow Warriors in the following two seasons. [5] [7] [8] He also played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship in the 1997-98 season. [9]

He survived the cull of Scottish professional players in 1998, remaining with Glasgow Warriors and Glasgow Hawks, when Caledonia Reds and Border Reivers were disbanded. [10]

He was playing for Glasgow Hawks in 2000. [11] [12] [13] [14]

He now works for investment group Standard Life. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  2. ↑ "Mackay and Simmers pull plug on Glasgow Warriors franchise plan". Herald Scotland.
  3. 1 2 3 "Simmers recalls his halcyon days in Paris".
  4. ↑ "Official Scottish Rugby League".
  5. 1 2 "Player Archive : European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Hawks RFC - Club History & Archive".
  7. ↑ "Match Centre - Welsh Rugby Union - Official Website : Match Centre : Heineken Cup". wru.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  8. ↑ David Llewellyn (22 October 2011). "Rugby Union: Heineken Cup - Team news". The Independent.
  9. ↑ "Search Results".
  10. ↑ "District cap does not fit six Scotland internationalists. Room left to tempt big names north as 43 players pay the penalty for rugby's contract revolution". Herald Scotland.
  11. ↑ "SRU introduce Golden Try rule". ESPN scrum.
  12. ↑ Peter Donald (1 September 2000). "Howarth holds out big hopes for new boys Boroughmuir". Telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "BBC News - SCOTLAND - Boroughmuir in cup triumph".
  14. ↑ http://www.calmview.eu/Hubcat/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=BML%2F6%2F1%2F166%5B%5D
  15. ↑ "Chris Simmers | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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