| Birth name | Iain Thomas Fairley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 August 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kelso, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 0 lb (196 lb; 89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iain Fairley (born 29 August 1973) is a rugby union player who made three appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team.
Fairley was born in Kelso, Scottish Borders. [1]
Fairley was selected for Scotland's 1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania but early on he sustained an injury during training. [2]
He made his debut against Italy in 1999 Five Nations Championship. [3] His last appearance was against Spain in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
In 2002 he was selected for the Scotland 7's team for tournaments in Singapore and Malaysia. [4] He also joined the sevens team that competed at 2002 Commonwealth Games. [5]
The same year he returned to the Borders to play domestic rugby, having been at Edinburgh Reivers. [6]
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