Gareth Flockhart

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Gareth Flockhart
Birth nameGareth Flockhart
Date of birth (1972-05-11) 11 May 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
School Alva Academy
University University of Edinburgh
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Stirling County
Currie RFC
North Berwick RFC 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-98
1998–2002		 Caledonia Reds
Glasgow Warriors
50
(20)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- North and Midlands ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scotland A
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
- Scotland 7s

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Archive : Statistics - EPCR - Official Website". epcrugby.com.
  2. ↑ "Flockhart gets second go".
  3. ↑ Peter Donald (1 March 2004). "Flockhart on fire for Currie". Telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "GARETH RULES OUT SONIANS SWITCH".
  5. ↑ "Duns 19 North Berwick 36 - 14th September 2013".
  6. ↑ "Telfer aims to encourage specialists in new squad. Broughton in, Flockhart out of Development XV". Herald Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Time for Scottish rugby to realise that if the cap fits ."
  8. ↑ "HUBCAT: Record".
  9. ↑ "History Gareth Flockhart". Statbunker.
  10. ↑ "HUBCAT: Record".
  11. ↑ "Player list : Guinness PRO12 : Stats". pro12rugby.com.
  12. ↑ "Gareth Flockhart Returns To Glasgow Xv".
  13. ↑ Peter Donald (10 January 2002). "Flockhart steps into the breach". Telegraph.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "BBC SPORT - CELTIC - Glasgow rest duo for Ponty trip". 8 February 2002.
  15. ↑ codegent Ltd. "News: Scottish legends return to Dubai - Ultimate Rugby Sevens - UR7s". ur7s.
  16. ↑ "Gareth Flockhart | LinkedIn". uk.linkedin.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  17. ↑ "Crop Nutrition Sales Contacts".
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