Colin Telfer

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Colin Telfer
Birth nameColin McLeod Telfer
Date of birth (1947-02-26) 26 February 1947 (age 74)
Place of birth Hawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- South of Scotland District ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1968-76 Scotland 17 (18)
Teams coached
YearsTeam
1984 Scotland

Colin McLeod Telfer (born 26 February 1947, in Hawick) [1] is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at fly-half. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to the Royal High School in Edinburgh, but did not go on to play for Royal HSFP.

He instead played for Hawick. [2]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District and captained the side. [3]

International career

He was capped seventeen times for Scotland between 1968 and 1976. [1] [4]

Coaching career

He was Head Coach of Scotland in 1984.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
  2. Jones, p43,4
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Colin Telfer - Test matches".

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