Ed Kalman

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Ed Kalman
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Birth nameEd Kalman
Date of birth (1982-12-07) 7 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight121 kg (19 st 1 lb)
School Belmont House School
University Durham University
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Whitecraigs RFC ()
Durham University RFC ()
2005 Cambridge University R.U.F.C. ()
2008–09 Boroughmuir ()
2009–14 Ayr RFC [1] ()
2013 Stirling County RFC [2] ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Newcastle Falcons ()
2005Yorkshire Carnegie 1 ()
2006–2007 Border Reivers 21 (10)
2007–2014 Glasgow Warriors 101 (15)
Correct as of 19 May 2013
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000–2002 Glasgow District ()
2009 Gael Force [3] ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–2010 Scotland A [4] 12
2012 Scotland 2 (0)
Correct as of 22 August 2015
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2014– Strathallan School

Ed Kalman (born 7 December 1982) is a former Scottish rugby union internationalist, who played for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro12. He played as a prop; both at tighthead and loosehead.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Having moved to Scotland from an early age, Kalman went to Belmont House School in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. He joined the local rugby club Whitecraigs RFC. He played for the Glasgow District team for their under-20s from 2000–2002. [5]

Kalman studied Physics at Durham University. [6] He was a member of the Durham University rugby side that won the 2004 BUSA final at Twickenham. [7]

From the north-east he then moved to Cambridge University. He was at tight head in the Cambridge University R.U.F.C. team who beat Oxford in the 2005 University match at Twickenham.

He played in a Gael Force team formed by the SRU to play in the British and Irish Cup.

Professional career

In the north-east of England he was signed by Newcastle Falcons academy. He played one loan game for Yorkshire Carnegie, then as Leeds Tykes. [8]

He joined the Border Reivers in summer 2006 and his competition debut for Reivers was a replacement against Connacht at Netherdale on the opening day of the 2006–07 Magners League, and he had his first start the following month in the victory against another Irish province, Leinster, also at Netherdale. His first Reivers try was in the Heineken Cup victory against Overmach Parma at Netherdale in October 2006.

Ed Kalman joined Glasgow Warriors from the Reivers after the closure of the Borders pro-team in 2007.

The prop signed a new deal with the Warriors in 2011. He retired from playing rugby union at the end of season 2013–14 due to a back injury. [9]

International career

Ed made his first appearance in a national context as a replacement for Scotland A against their Australian counterparts at McDiarmid Park, Perth, in November 2006. He also had a replacement role in the A international victory against Italy on the same ground three months later.

In January 2012, he was called up to Scotland's senior squad for the 2012 Six Nations Championship. [10] [11]

Teaching career

With his physics background at Durham University, he became a physics teacher [12] and given his rugby background, the first team rugby coach; to Strathallan School, Perthshire in 2014 [13]

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References

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  2. "British & Irish Cup round 5 preview Friday, 11 January 2013". cornish-pirates.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. "Gael Force Character Seals Well-Earned Win". edinburghrugby.org.
  4. "Age no barrier for Kalman". Express.co.uk. 10 February 2012.
  5. "Scotland A (Ed Kalman) - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
  6. Metcalfe, Alistair (7 June 2002). "Bede RFC show Middle Eastern promise". Palatinate . No. 634. p. 19. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. "BBC - Cambridgeshire - Sport - The 124th Varsity Match". bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Tykes can use adversity to spark revival". Yorkshire Post.
  9. "Glasgow Warriors trio to depart at end of season". scotsman.com.
  10. "Scotland call up Glasgow tighthead Ed Kalman". Guardian. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  11. "Ed Kalman called up by Scotland to replace injured prop Moray Low". Daily Telegraph. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  12. "Books to basics for Ed Kalman". Herald Scotland. 11 February 2015.
  13. "Defeated Dundee High drop down to shield competition". thecourier.co.uk. 16 September 2014.[ permanent dead link ]