| Birth name | Daniel Ablett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Ablett is a former Scotland Under 21 international rugby union player. A centre, he played professionally for Glasgow Warriors. [1] He is now a surgeon. [2]
Ablett went to Boroughmuir High School and then played rugby for Boroughmuir. [3] Switching to play in Glasgow, he then played for Glasgow Academicals. [4]
On the Academicals merger with Glasgow High Kelvinside he then turned out for the newly formed team Glasgow Hawks.
Ablett first played for Glasgow Warriors in the pre-season matches against Sale Sharks on 16 August 1997 [5] and against Caledonia Reds on 28 August 1997, coming on as a replacement for Alan Bulloch in the 65th minute. [6]
He played for Glasgow Warriors in the European Rugby Cup (then known as the Heineken Cup). He made his competitive debut for the club as a replacement in the match against Swansea on 21 September 1997 - a 35-21 win for the provincial Glasgow side. [7] He thus earned the Glasgow Warrior No. 39. [1]
He made his next appearance, again in the Heineken Cup, playing in the away match against English side Wasps in a 43-5 defeat for the Glasgow side. [8]
Ablett played for Scotland Schools [9] and then Scotland Under 21 sides. [10]
Ablett served in the Royal Navy. [11] He served in Afghanistan as a Lieutanent Surgeon and was awarded the Operational Service Medal by the Duchess of Cornwall. [12]
He is now a consultant surgeon at the University Hospitals in the north midlands of England. [2]