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Full name | Colin Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 May 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Wilson (born 23 May 1969) is a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. [1] He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Glasgow District and Edinburgh Rugby, as a wing or centre, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Scotland, and at club level for the Linlithgow Lions and Hull Kingston Rovers (Reserve team), as a prop , second-row or loose forward. [2]
Colin Wilson won caps for Scotland (RL) while at Linlithgow Lions 1998 2-caps (sub). [1]
1988 and 1989 Ulster U20 XV trialist, centre. 1995 Glasgow District Union representative XV, wing. 1996 Edinburgh District Union representative XV, wing. 1997 Edinburgh District Union representative XV, wing. 1997 Captain of inaugural Scotland amateur XIII, prop. 1998 Captain of Scotland amateur XIII, prop. 1998 Played for Scotland professional XIII, prop. 1999 Trialist and signed for Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC, prop. 2002 Scotland amateur XIII, loose forward.
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