Place of birth | Haddington, Scotland | ||||||||||||
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131st President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Colin Rigby | ||||||||||||
Keith Wallace is a Scottish former rugby union player. He is the 131st president of the Scottish Rugby Union;the 130th person to hold the office.
Wallace played for Haddington since 1969 and last played for their second team in January 2020. [1]
He became a president of Haddington RFC in 2018,after spending 10 years on the club committee.[ citation needed ]
He has been supporting Rwandan rugby since 2014 working with Penguins International Rugby Football Trust and the Friends of Rwandan Rugby;and helping the Rwanda Rugby Federation. [2]
He is the secretary and co-founder of Bloody Rugby,a charity aimed at raising awareness of blood cancers.[ citation needed ]
He was voted a vice-president of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2020. [3]
Wallace became the 131st president of the Scottish Rugby Union on 28 November 2024. His term in office is scheduled to be from 2024 to 2026. [4]
Wallace had a career in British Rail,before moving into consultancy and then becoming the chairman of Crossrail International. [5] He is also a director of the charity Scottish Autism. [6]
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