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| Full name | Grant Stuart Gilchrist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Lornshill Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grant Stuart Gilchrist (born 9 August 1990) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh and the Scotland national team. [1]
Gilchrist was schooled at Lornshill Academy, and played with Alloa RFC before moving on to Stirling County RFC.
Initially an Elite Development player at Edinburgh Rugby and following a stint in New Zealand as part of the John Macphail Scholarship, he made his first senior appearance in a 34–13 win over Cardiff Blues in September 2011. In 2015 he was made the club's vice-captain. [2] In August 2016, Edinburgh Rugby named him and Stuart McInally as their co-captains for the coming season. [3]
Gilchrist represented Scotland at under-18, under-19, under-20 levels. He received his first full cap for Scotland against France in the 2013 Six Nations Championship at the Stade de France, aged 22. He was not selected to play in any of Scotland's 2014 Six Nations matches under Scott Johnson. [4] Vern Cotter selected him for the 2014 Scotland rugby union tour of the Americas and South Africa. He captained Scotland for the first time on 20 June 2014 against Argentina, [5] having scored his first international try against Canada the previous week. [6]
Gilchrist was named as captain for Scotland's 2014 Autumn Test campaign, but was forced to withdraw the same week of that announcement when he broke his arm while playing for Edinburgh against Lyon. [4] [7] Complications with this injury also led him to miss the 2015 Six Nations Championship and the rest of the 2014–15 Pro12 season.
In 2023 Gilchrist was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. [8]
| Opposition | Played | Win | Loss | Draw | Tries | Points | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.000 |
| England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| France | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Ireland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Italy | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Samoa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Wales | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Career | 64 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .570 |
as of 26 August 2023 [update]
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