Gordon Hunter (rugby union, born 1958)

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Gordon Hunter
Birth nameIain Gordon Hunter
Date of birth (1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 (age 64)
Place of birth Hawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Selkirk ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-
1984
1986		 South of Scotland District
Blues Trial
Combined Scottish Districts 		()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1981-84
1984-85		 Scotland 'B'
Scotland 		4
4		 (0)
(0)

Gordon Hunter (born 7 August 1958, in Hawick) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1] He played at scrum-half. [2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Hunter went to Edinburgh's Royal High School but never played for Royal HSFP. [3]

He left Edinburgh and played for Selkirk RFC. [2]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District. [2]

He played for the Blues Trial side in 7 January 1984. [4]

He played for Combined Scottish Districts on 1 March 1986 against South of Scotland. [5]

International career

He was capped four times by Scotland 'B' from 1981 to 1984.

He was given four full senior caps for Scotland in the period 1984 to 1985. [6]

He was part of the Scotland squad that won the 1984 Five Nations Championship grand slam. [7]

He played for the Barbarians in 1983. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Iain Gordon Hunter". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Rugby First XV 1974 – 1975 – The Royal High School Club in London".
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gordon Hunter - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. ↑ Hoggan, Bryan (7 February 2020). "Calcutta Cup memories for Past Selkirk players". Explore Selkirk.
  8. ↑ "Gordon Hunter of Selkirk and Barbarians in action against East..." Getty Images.
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