| Birth name | George Breckenridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 September 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | High School of Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Breckenridge (born 5 September 1964) [2] is a former Scottish rugby union player and now coach. He played for the amateur Glasgow District side before playing for the professional Glasgow side, now Glasgow Warriors.
A former student of the High School of Glasgow, Breckenridge played for Glasgow High Kelvinside [3] [4] for 8 years. [5] When they merged with Glasgow Academicals RFC to form Glasgow Hawks he played another two years with the Hawks. [5]
He became a mainstay in the Glasgow District side. [5] He played in Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which won the Scottish Inter-District Championship outright and remained unbeaten the entire season, beating the touring Fiji national rugby union team into the bargain. He played in all their matches that season. [6] Glasgow Warriors later honoured the 20th anniversary of that season when they played Munster in 2009 in the Magners League opener. [7]
When the district side turned professional in 1996, Breckenridge also turned out for the fledgling Glasgow Warriors side. He was Glasgow's top kicker in European Competition for the season 1996-97 scoring 18 points; 3 penalties a-piece in games against Sale Sharks [8] and Clermont [9] (then as Montferrand).
He also played rugby in France and New Zealand. [5]
He was capped by Scotland 'A' [10] and Scotland 'B'. [5] It was felt by some that he was overlooked for a senior Scotland cap as Glasgow District - even as Scottish champions - were viewed as somewhat unfashionable by the SRU. [11]
He coached Ayr RFC to 2004 [10] and - along with Shade Munro - coached an amateur Glasgow District side in 2001. [12] He also coached the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team [13] and Murrayfield Wanderers RFC in 2005. [14]
He became a Backs Coach at Heriots and in 2006-7 was Assistant Coach to the Scotland Club XV side. [5] [15]
He also coached West of Scotland [6] and now coaches Lenzie RFC [16]
He is a keen supporter of the District system and would like to see it again expanded beyond Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. He coached a Co-Optimists side containing Glasgow Warriors stars Carlin Isles and Folau Niua in a charity match against Caledonia Reds in 2011. [17] He stated: "Having played for Glasgow, I know what a great honour it is to pull on that jersey." [13]
He also works for the sports clothing company Canterbury in Glasgow. [18] [19]
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