Derrick Patterson

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Derrick Patterson
Birth nameDerrick William Patterson
Date of birth (1968-07-06) 6 July 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Hawick, Scotland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hawick ()
– Edinburgh Academicals ()
– Heriots ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995-96 West Hartlepool ()
1996-98 Edinburgh ()
1997-98 →Caledonia Reds ()
1998-99 Glasgow Warriors 5 (5)
1999-2000 Stade Français ()
2000 Petrarca Rugby ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992-95 Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992 Scotland 'B' 1 (0)
1994-95 Scotland 2 (0)

Derrick Patterson (born 6 July 1968 in Hawick, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union Scrum-half who played for Glasgow Warriors, Caledonia Reds and Edinburgh.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

At amateur level in Scotland, Patterson played for Hawick and Edinburgh Academicals. [1]

Signed by amateur club Heriots - the first Scottish rugby union side to pay transfer money [2] - who would use the player when not needed by their provincial professional district Edinburgh Rugby he moved back to Scotland to play not long after the start of the 1996-97 season. [3]

In 2010 he was part of the Xodus Steelers, the Scottish veteran Sevens squad to play in the Dubai Sevens. [4]

Provincial and professional career

He played for provincial Edinburgh District in the amateur era. [5]

After the 1995 World Cup, rugby opened the game to professionalism. In Scotland this happened a year later in 1996. Patterson played for West Hartlepool in England to 1996. [6]

He moved to provincial professional district Edinburgh Rugby not long after the start of the 1996-97 season as part of a deal with Heriots. [3]

However he was loaned out to Caledonia Reds almost immediately and played for the Reds in the Heineken Cup. "Derrick fitted in comfortably with our squad. He played very well and settled in both on and off the pitch," said Nick Oswald, the Caledonia chief executive, who added: "We are now very relieved and pleased that he is available to play for us." [7]

When Caledonia Reds was disbanded in 1998, Patterson moved to play for Glasgow Warriors under its newly merged name Glasgow Caledonians. He played in the European Conference for Glasgow; and in the Welsh Rugby Union's Challenge Cup (in which both Glasgow and Edinburgh were invited, a forerunner to the Welsh-Scottish League) in the 1998 - 99 season. However he was let go by the Glasgow club after only this one season. [8]

Signing for Stade Français in the 1999 - 2000 season, [6] he stated his ambition to play against Glasgow in European competition: "I would love to be up against the Reds (Glasgow Warriors) in Europe because it would give me the chance to prove a lot of people were off the mark on how they rated me. I believe I'm still good enough to perform at the highest level." [8]

Moving again after one season, for 2000 - 01 season, he hoped for a return to Scotland [9] but instead he was signed by Italian side Petrarca Rugby. [6]

Patterson was also to play for Sharks. [1]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against France 'B' on 2 February 1992. [10]

He represented Scotland twice; the first cap against South Africa at Murrayfield, [11] the second cap against Tonga in Pretoria, South Africa at the 1995 World Cup. [12] [13] He was a substitute but not used in the World Cup matches against Ivory Coast, [14] France and New Zealand. [6]

Coaching career

He was brought in by Alan Solomons to help coach Edinburgh Rugby in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Derrick Patterson helping King Solomons' 9s to flourish".
  2. ↑ "Heriot's will pay fee for Derrick RUGBY". Herald Scotland.
  3. 1 2 BILL LEITH (22 October 2011). "Glasgow's first steps to Europe". The Independent.
  4. ↑ "Xodus Steelers> News".
  5. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19921121/040/0005
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Derrick Patterson Player matches All competitions All seasons". Statbunker.
  7. ↑ "Scottish cap plays for Caledonia Reds - barring injuries to Edinburgh Patterson is caught in bit of an anxious draft". Herald Scotland.
  8. 1 2 "Rugby Union: DERRICK IN DREAM DEAL".
  9. ↑ "Rugby: Patterson seeks move to Scotland". RTÉ Sport. 18 July 2000.
  10. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19920121/193/0014
  11. ↑ "ESPN". ESPN.com.
  12. ↑ "ESPN". ESPN.com.
  13. ↑ In Pursuit of Bill. "Rugby World Cup History - The Teams".
  14. ↑ "Derrick Patterson - Scotland - Rugby World Cup Player".
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