| Born | David McLeish 26 July 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kelso High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David McLeish (born 26 July 1975) [1] is a former Scottish rugby union player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors at the number 8 position.
McLeish broke into the Kelso RFC first team when still a schoolboy.
He moved through to Glasgow to study Product Design engineering at the University of Strathclyde. [2]
In Glasgow, McLeish first joined the amateur club Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians until 1994, when he won a place at West of Scotland [3]
He shared a flat with West of Scotland and Glasgow Warriors teammates Guy Perrett and Gordon Bulloch. [3] All three players were called up by the fledgling professional Glasgow side. McLeish was a regular in the Glasgow side for 2 years and played in European competition for the club throughout his time there.
As the No. 8 named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - McLeish has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 8 for the provincial side.
When not playing for Glasgow, McLeish played the rest of the season with West of Scotland.
As a schoolboy at Kelso High School, McLeish represented Scotland Schoolboys at international level in 1993. [4]
On the merger of the Scottish professional teams from four to two - involving Glasgow merging with the Caledonia Reds for the season 1998-99 - McLeish left professional rugby. [5] He then moved into industry. [6]