| Birth name | Graeme George Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 October 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Daniel Stewart's and Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graeme George Burns (born 29 October 1971) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player. He gained four international caps for the Scotland national rugby union team and captained the Scotland A team and Scotland 7s team. He began playing rugby in the amateur era, then went on to captain Edinburgh Rugby as a professional.
Burns was born on 29 October 1971 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] He was educated at Daniel Stewart's and Melville College. In 1990 he played for under-18 side while at Stewart's Melville RFC. [2]
Burns captain Scotland at the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [3]
His first cap for the Scotland XV came against Italy in a Five Nations at Murrayfield on 6 March 1999. His final appearance for Scotland was on tour against the United States of America at San Francisco on 22 June 2002. He was a replacement in all four of his international caps.
In 2001 he captained the Scotland A side. [4]
He played his last match for Edinburgh in May 2004 [5] before he was released by the side. [6]
He was a coach at Haddington RFC, leaving the post in 2009. [7]
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