Jilly McCord

Jilly McCord
Weight	15 st (95 kg)
Occupation(s)	Teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Watsonians Ladies Rugby ; Royal High Corstorphine RFC
International career
Years	Team
2002–?	Scotland
	Correct as of 29 March 2017

Last updated April 05, 2024

Gillian McCord is a Scottish former rugby union player who played lock for Royal High Corstorphine RFC and Watsonians Ladies Rugby at a club level, and the Scotland women's national rugby union team. She made her debut as Scottish Captain against Canada in 2007. In 2019, she placed as a runner-up in the cooking competition show MasterChef .

Playing career

During her rugby union playing career, Jilly McCord played as a lock.^[1] She initially played for Watsonians Ladies Rugby at club level.^[2]

In 2002, McCord was told that she would be unable to play for the Scotland women's national rugby union team unless she improved her pace by losing weight. She was playing for Royal High Corstorphine RFC at the time, and during the course of her weight loss, she lost 154 pounds (11.0 st) from a starting point of 25 stone (350 lb). Following her weight loss, she was selected for the national team.^[3] In 2007, she was named as Scottish captain, taking over from Donna Kennedy. Her first match as captain was against Canada, where she earned her 28th cap.^[4] She competed at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.^[5]

MasterChef

In 2019, she competed in the cooking television series MasterChef , where she reached the final, losing to Irini Tzortzoglou.^[6]

Personal life

McCord lived in Inverkeithing, Fife, before moving to Cramond, Edinburgh,^[6] with her partner Kimberley Fergus and her two dachshunds. She works as a history teacher at Dollar Academy, a boarding school in Dollar, Clackmannanshire.^[7]

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References

↑ "Three new caps for Scotland women". ESPN. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
↑ "Sonians not satisfied despite whitewash". Scotsman. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
↑ Walker, Natalie (1 February 2007). "Grand Slim". Daily Record. The Free Library. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
↑ "Kennedy leaves new Scotland captain with legacy". Scotsman. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
↑ "Swru - Rugby World Cup beckons for Scotland Women". 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
1 2 Martin, Laura (29 March 2019). "Jilly McCord: the MasterChef 2019 finalist who played for Scotland at the Women's Rugby World Cup". i. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
↑ Peebles, Cheryl (20 March 2019). "Teacher Jilly cooking for top marks in MasterChef semi-final". The Courier. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

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[1] "Three new caps for Scotland women". ESPN. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[2] "Sonians not satisfied despite whitewash". Scotsman. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[3] Walker, Natalie (1 February 2007). "Grand Slim". Daily Record. The Free Library. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[4] "Kennedy leaves new Scotland captain with legacy". Scotsman. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[5] "Swru - Rugby World Cup beckons for Scotland Women". 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[i-6] 1 2 Martin, Laura (29 March 2019). "Jilly McCord: the MasterChef 2019 finalist who played for Scotland at the Women's Rugby World Cup". i. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[couriersemifinal-7] Peebles, Cheryl (20 March 2019). "Teacher Jilly cooking for top marks in MasterChef semi-final". The Courier. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

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