Craig Sangster

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Craig Sangster
Birth nameCraig Sangster
Date of birth (1975-03-02) 2 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back / Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Stirling County ()
– Stirling County ()
– Hamilton RFC ()
– Falkirk RFC ()
– Grangemouth Stags ()
– Bannockburn RFC ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-98 Glasgow Warriors 18 (5)
Blackheath ()
2000-01 Glasgow Warriors 0 (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow District ()
- Caledonia Reds ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland Students
– Scotland U21
Coaching career
YearsTeam
Grangemouth Stags

Craig Sangster (born 2 March 1975 in Scotland), is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors at the Full Back or Centre position. Rarely he filled in at Fly-half. [2]

Sangster played for amateur club Stirling County in two spells [3] [4]

At amateur district level Sangster played for Glasgow District at under 19 [5] and under 21 grades. [6]

While with Stirling, Sangster also played for the professional Glasgow side in two spells; the first from 1996 to 1998. He played for Glasgow in all of their Challenge Cup matches in 1996-97; and in all of their Heineken Cup matches in 1997-98. [1]

On leaving Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County Sangster signed for Blackheath in London, England. [7] Blackheath were then a professional side playing in the Allied Dunbar Premiership 2. [8]

Sangster spent a year with Blackheath before returning to Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County. He was back playing with the then Glasgow Caledonians in 2000. [9] He played on their Canadian tour in 2000. [10] In 2001 he represented Caledonia Reds as an amateur district. [11]

He played for Stirling County in the Melrose Sevens in 2003. [12]

Sangster also played for Hamilton RFC. [13] [14]

He played for Falkirk RFC [15] [16] [17]

Sangster joined Grangemouth Stags as Head Coach and player in 2011 [15] and played in the RBS National Bowl in 2013. [18]

He now plays for Bannockburn RFC. [19]

Sangster played in the memorial match for Gordon Mackay in 2012, his old Stirling team mate. [20] He was capped by Scotland Students [21] and by Scotland Under-21. [22]

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References

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  3. ↑ "Sangster sets fine example Centre accepts responsibility as Stirling bid for return to success". Herald Scotland.
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  5. ↑ "Featherstone pushes aside all challenges". Herald Scotland.
  6. ↑ "Bulloch caps a rare win for Glasgow over the Borderers". Herald Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Rugby Union: ...AND DIVISION TWO". The Independent. 4 September 1998.
  8. ↑ "Match Centre - Rugby - Yorkshire Carnegie - Official Site : Match Centre : Leeds Carnegie". yorkshirecarnegie.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  10. ↑ Alan Lorimer in Rome (12 August 2000). "Scotland drawn against Uruguay". Telegraph.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "RUGBY UNION - Returning Exiles dump champions". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001.
  12. ↑ "Melrose Rugby Sevens 2003". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - Club Round-up 14". glasgowwarriors.com.
  14. ↑ "Ant". carlukegazette.co.uk.
  15. 1 2 "Stags prise some new signings from Falkirk". falkirkherald.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "GHA Rugby Club - Official Website - Big Win v Falkirk". gharugby.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "It". hawick-news.co.uk.
  18. ↑ "Grangemouth Stags RFC vs Oban Lorne RFC , Sat, 20/04/2013 - 12:00 - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
  19. ↑ "CAPTAIN(S) vs. PRESIDENT(S)". bannockburnrfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Glittering Lineup for Gordon McKay Memorial Match". glasgowhawks.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Students prevail in feast of tries". Herald Scotland.
  22. ↑ "Youth given a chance". Herald Scotland.
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