| Born | Gareth Flockhart 11 May 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Alva Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gareth Flockhart (born 11 May 1972 [1] in Scotland) is a Scottish former Scotland A international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Caledonia Reds at the Flanker position.
He played for amateur sides Stirling County and Currie RFC. [2] [3] He also played Sevens for Watsonians. [4] He now plays for North Berwick RFC. [5]
He played in the district side and had a tour in Zimbabwe [6] but did not receive a full Scotland cap. A call for full respective caps to be given to Flockhart and others to the SRU was made in 2009. [7]
Flockhart began his professional career with Caledonia Reds [1] [8] in 1996 before they merged with the Glasgow side in 1998. Flockhart then joined Glasgow Caledonians, now Glasgow Warriors for the next four seasons. [9] He was part of the Glasgow side that played against the touring South Africa in 2000. [10] He played in the fledgling Celtic League in its first season (2001–02) making 5 appearances and scoring 2 tries for Glasgow. [11]
Flockhart returned to the Glasgow Warriors side in 2002 to replace the injured Gprdon Simpson. [12] [13] [14]
In 2009, he was part of the veteran Scotland stars side the Bone Steelers at the Dubai Sevens. [15]
Flockhart went to the University of Edinburgh and received a BSc in Agriculture. [16] He now works for crop nutrition company Yara. [17]