Iwan Tukalo

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Iwan Tukalo
Birth nameIwan Tukalo
Date of birth (1961-03-05) 5 March 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight11 st 13 lb (76 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Royal HSFP ()
Selkirk ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-

1984
1985-87
1988		 Edinburgh District
South of Scotland
Whites Trial
Blues Trial
Reds Trial 		()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1982-85 Scotland 'B' 5
1985–92 Scotland 37 (60)
1990 Scotland 'A' 1
Teams coached
YearsTeam
- Heriots

Iwan Tukalo (born 5 March 1961 in Edinburgh) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

The son of a Ukrainian father and Italian mother, Tukalo was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh [2] [3] He went on to play for Royal HSFP.

He then moved to play for Selkirk.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. [4]

On moving to Selkirk, he then played for South of Scotland. [5]

He played for the Whites Trial side on 7 January 1984. [6]

The following year he moved up in contention and played for the Blues Trial side in their first match against the Reds Trial side. [7] He was selected for Blues again in 1986, the Reds winning that match. [8] In the subsequent fixture on 3 January 1987, he was again named in the Blues side against the Reds - and scored the Blues first try. [9]

In January 1988 he first played for the Reds Trial side. [10]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play against France 'B' on 7 February 1982. He secured 5 'B' caps in total.

He won his first cap against Ireland and his last against Australia. He scored a total of 15 tries during his international career.

He won 37 caps for his country between 1985 and 1992. He was part of the Grand Slam winning team in 1990. [11]

He has a solitary Scotland 'A' cap which he obtained in the 'A' side's first match, against Spain in 1990.

Coaching career

He coached the Heriots side in the Scottish Premiership Division One and is currently not involved with rugby at senior level.

Business career

Tukalo was awarded his MBA from the University of Edinburgh Business School.

He now has a second career working for Scottish And Southern Energy as sales and development director.

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References

  1. ↑ Iwan Tukalo player profile Scrum.com
  2. ↑ Bateman, Derek (18 January 1984). "Iwan - unlikely name for an honorary Souter". The Herald. Glasgow: 23. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (29 November 1998). "Football: Swansong for soccer-mad Sokoluk". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19851230/238/0011 – via British Newspaper Archive.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  9. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  10. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  11. ↑ "Iwan TUKALO - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
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