Jamie Weston

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Jamie Weston
Birth nameJamie Weston
Date of birth (1976-01-08) 8 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Scotland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
School Kelvinside Academy [2]
University Heriot Watt University [2]
Keble College, Oxford University [2]
Notable relative(s) Vivian Weston, grandfather [3]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Watsonians RFC ()
– Oxford University RFC ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-1998 Glasgow Warriors 3 (5)
– Edinburgh Rugby ()
– Borders Reivers ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995-96 Glasgow District 1 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U21

Jamie Weston (born 8 January 1976 in Scotland) is a former Scottish rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Scrum-half position. [2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He left Glasgow Warriors to play for Watsonians. [2] He left Watsonians to go to Oxford. [4] He was however playing for Watsonians from 1994. [5]

He was captain of the Oxford University rugby team. [2] [6] Weston turned down a contract with Glasgow Caledonians to go to - and play rugby for - Oxford University. [7] Weston played for Oxford University in the Melrose Sevens. [8] Oxford University Sevens with Weston as captain won the Rosslyn Park Floodlit Sevens in London. [9]

Provincial and professional career

Weston played for Glasgow District as a schoolboy. [2] He went to Kelvinside Academy but then finished his schooling at Merchiston Castle School. He played once for the senior side against North and Midlands in 1996. [10]

He then found himself in the professional Glasgow side when the district turned professional in 1996. [11] He played in European competition for Glasgow in the European Conference - now European Challenge Cup - against Sale Sharks, Clermont, Newport and Agen, scoring a try against Agen. [1] The following season he was named in Glasgow's squad but not used.

He left Glasgow Warriors to play for Watsonians. [2] He left Watsonians to go to Oxford. [4] He was however playing for Watsonians from 1994. [5]

He then was offered another professional contract by Edinburgh Rugby but lost his place on the merger of Edinburgh with the Border Reivers. [2] However, when the Border team was revived, Weston was to play for the Border Reivers. [12]

International career

He was capped by Scotland Under 21s. [2] [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Player Archive : EPCRugby.com - Official website of European Professional Club Rugby". epcrugby.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Weston well-versed for Varsity test". scotsman.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Buy Duff Meat". Glasgow Accies Rugby Club. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "THE NEW RUGBY PROGRAMME STARTS TOMORROW. ALAN LORIMER TAKES A LOOK AT THE CLOSE SEASON COMINGS AND GOINGS". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Record". calmview.eu. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Mick Cleary (12 December 2000). "University Match: Jennings on the ball as Dark Blues slide home". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dark Blues the dark horses as Varsity attraction grows". The Independent. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Oxford University 17 Boroughmuir 21". bordernet.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oxford amateurs show Quins the way". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Munro gives Glasgow a French boost". The Herald . 15 October 1996.
  11. ↑ "No Headline Present". Herald Scotland.
  12. ↑ nechronicle Administrator (24 September 2004). "Borders hit by Leinster backlash". nechronicle.
  13. ↑ "Scots ready for a Popp at Irish; COUNTDOWN TO MURRAYFIELD". thefreelibrary.com.


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