Iain Fairley

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Iain Fairley
Birth nameIain Thomas Fairley
Date of birth (1973-08-29) 29 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Kelso, Scotland
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight14 st 0 lb (196 lb; 89 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Kelso RFC ()
2000-2002 Edinburgh Rugby ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999-1999 Scotland 3 (3)
Scotland 7's

Iain Fairley (born 29 August 1973) is a rugby union player who made three appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team.

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Early life

Fairley was born in Kelso, Scottish Borders. [1]

Rugby playing career

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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References

  1. "Rugby: Player profile: Iain Fairley, Scotland". ESPN . Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. "Fairley the first hurt as Serevi is dropped". The Herald . 23 May 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. "Scots do Italian job". BBC News . 6 March 1999.
  4. "Scots name sevens squad". BBC News. 15 April 2002.
  5. "Laidlaw's Sevens blow". BBC Sport. 31 July 2002.
  6. "No real surprises as Borders name squad Cranston and Gilbert expect Townsend to join new district side shortly". The Herald. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 4 October 2015.