Graeme Kiddie

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Graeme Kiddie
Birth nameGraeme Kiddie
Date of birth (1970-12-13) 13 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight130 kg (20 st 7 lb; 290 lb)
Occupation(s)Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Dundee HSFP
Edinburgh Academicals
Boroughmuir
Plymouth Albion
Boroughmuir
Morgan Academy RFC
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Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997-98
2000-2002
Caledonia Reds
Glasgow Warriors

7

(20)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scottish Exiles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scotland Under 21
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
- Scotland 7s

Graeme Kiddie (born 13 December 1970, Dundee, Scotland) is a former vegan extremest/activist, and Scotland Under 21 international rugby union player who played at Full Back or Centre.

Kiddie started his rugby career with Dundee HSFP. [1]

He played for Edinburgh Academicals [2] before representing the provincial Caledonia Reds side in 1997.

He played for professional side Caledonia Reds until they folded in 1998. [2]

He played for Glasgow Warriors. [3] [4] He joined Glasgow for season 2000–01, but never played that season due to injury. [5] [6]

Kiddie played for Boroughmuir in 1999 [7] to 2003–04, [3] with a break when he played for Plymouth. He also played Sevens for Boroughmuir and the Royal Scots Fijians. [8] He played in the Melrose Sevens tournament for NIG Scottish Thistles in 2002 [9] and was in Scotland's Sevens rugby squad for the Manchester Commonwealth Games for 2002. [10]

Kiddie was a Scotland Under 21 internationalist. [3] He also made the Scotland Sevens international team, [11] playing 12 matches and scoring 34 points. [12]

He played for Plymouth Albion. [3] He signed for Plymouth in the 2002–03 season. [13] While with Plymouth he played for the Scottish Exiles District team. [14]

Finally, he played rugby for Morgan Academy from 2007 [15] to 2014. [16] [17] [18] After rugby he became a Physical Education teacher at Morgan Academy, Dundee.

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