Shade Munro

Last updated

Shade Munro
Birth nameDonald Shade Munro
Date of birth (1966-11-19) 19 November 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1984-97 Glasgow High Kelvinside ()
1987 Greytown ()
1996 Te Puke Sports ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-97 Glasgow Warriors 4 (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Wairarapa Bush ()
- Glasgow District ()
- Bay of Plenty ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988-90 Scotland 'B' 3
1992-96 Scotland 'A' 6
1994-97 Scotland 7
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2003–15 Glasgow Warriors (Asst.)
2015–19 Scotland (women)
2019- Scottish Rugby Academy (Glasgow)

Donald Shade Munro (born 19 November 1966, Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player, who played at lock/second row. [1] [2]

Contents

Rugby union career

Amateur career

In Scotland he played for Eastwood High School (Newton Mearns) and subsequently for Glasgow High Kelvinside. [1] where he played from 1984 to 1997. [3]

He spent two stints in New Zealand, the first in 1987, when he played for club side Greytown. [4]

In 1996, he returned to New Zealand and he played for club side Te Puke Sports.

He retired at the end of 1996-97 season, a knee injury he suffered in 1990 cutting short his career.

Provincial career

He came through the Glasgow District U21 side to play for the senior District side in the 1980s.

In 1989-90 he played for the Glasgow District side that remained unbeaten all season. [5]

In 1987 he went on to represent the provincial team in New Zealand, Wairarapa Bush in a Ranfurly Shield Challenge against Auckland, which included 14 current All Blacks.

In 1996 in his second spell in New Zealand, he again went on to represent the provincial team, Bay of Plenty in 14 games, the highlight being another Ranfurly Shield challenge against Auckland at Eden Park.

When the Glasgow District turned professional in 1996 as Glasgow Warriors, he went on to play four times with the Glasgow side, before his retirement in 1997.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' 3 times, the first cap against France 'B' on 20 March 1988. [3]

He was capped by Scotland 'A' 6 times, from 1992 to 1996.

He was selected to tour New Zealand in 1990, the year of Scotland's 2nd Grand Slam, but he unfortunately suffered an horrendous leg break playing for Scotland against a West of Scotland International Select captained by All Black World Cup winning captain David Kirk. It would be nearly 2 years before Munro played again after initially being told that the injury was so severe he would never play again. He was capped seven times between 1994 and 1997 for Scotland. [1]

According to Richard Bath [2007]:"Munro... would have surely won many more caps but for a horrendous leg injury. He has made great strides as a coach and is currently assistant to Sean Lineen at Glasgow." [1]

He also represented Scotland on numerous tour abroad, Japan 1989, South Seas(Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa)1993 and Argentina in 1994. He also represented Scotland in the 1994 Hong Kong sevens which demonstrates how fast and skillful he was for such a big man.

Other career highlights were representing the Barbarians on a Charity tour to Japan to help raise money for the Kobe Earth Quake disaster fund as well as representing the Barbarians on various Easter tours. Other representative honours include playing for the Scottish Saltires, Co-Optimists and Rugby Eccose.

Coaching career

He quickly took to coaching where he found a new lease of life taking charge of the newly formed Glasgow Hawks 2nd XV for the season 1997–1998. The following season he became assistant coach of the Glasgow Hawks 1st XV and then became head coach the following season where he stayed for a further 3 seasons.

It was then that he was employed by the Scottish Rugby Union, on a part-time basis, as part of the coaching staff at the Glasgow Warriors Professional team from 2003. He was an assistant coach for Glasgow Warriors for many years. In his final year 2014–15 at the club the Warriors won the Pro12 for the first time becoming the first Scottish side to win a major trophy in the professional era.

He was the head coach of the Scottish Women's national team. [6]

In 2019 he became the Glasgow Warriors Senior Academy Lead Rugby Coach based at Scotstoun Stadium Scottish Rugby Academy. [7]

Family

Munro is the grandson of JM Bannerman, who was capped in thirty seven consecutive matches for Scotland (a world record at the time), [1] and was a successful Liberal Party peer and Scottish Gaelic advocate, who was president of An Comunn Gaidhealach for a while.

His aunt was Ray Michie, a speech therapist and Liberal Democrat MP, as well as the first peer to pledge the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic.

He is also related to John Bannerman, the historian, and the Gaelic novelist Chrissie Dick.

He is married and has two children.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Jones (rugby union)</span> Rugby player

Sir Michael Niko Jones is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach.

Gregor Peter John Townsend is a Scottish professional rugby union coach and former player who has been coaching the Scotland national team since 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Hastings (rugby union)</span> British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player

Scott Hastings is a Scottish sports commentator and former Scotland international rugby union player. At the point of his retiral, he was Scotland's most-capped player ever, but this record has now been beaten. He played for Edinburgh District and when that provincial side turned professional he played for Edinburgh Rugby. At amateur level he played for Watsonians.

Roy James Laidlaw is a former Scotland international rugby union player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Blair</span> British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player

Michael Robert Leighton Blair is a Scottish rugby union coach who was formerly a professional player and the most capped Scottish scrum half in history. He is currently assistant coach of the Kobe Steelers. He was previously the head coach of Edinburgh, and also was an assistant coach with Glasgow Warriors and then an assistant coach of the Scottish national team.

Craig Minto Chalmers is a former Scotland international rugby union player and coach. He represented Scotland, the British Lions and the Barbarians at international level. He made 60 international appearances as a player for the Scotland national team and scored 166 points. He played at fly-half with his playing career beginning at Melrose in the amateur era and with the professional era seeing him play Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors before moving on to English sides Harlequins, Worcester Warriors and Pertemp Bees. He had coaching roles with Melrose and the Scotland national under-20 rugby union team. He later has had a business career in security.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Marshall</span> NZ international rugby union player

Justin Warren Marshall is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005.

Jonathan Michael Petrie is a Scottish rugby union executive and former player. During his active career he played at flanker for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland.

Dougie Hall is a former Scottish international rugby union player, who played 151 games for the Glasgow Warriors and won 42 caps for Scotland.

Tommy Hayes is a Cook Island international rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan</span> Scotland international rugby union player, politician & farmer

John MacDonald Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan OBE was a Scottish farmer, rugby union internationalist and Liberal politician.

Grayson Hart is a professional rugby union player for Bedford Blues. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro12 and the Blues and the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby. Also Ealing Trailfinders and London Scottish in the RFU Championship. His usual position is Scrum-half.

Cameron George Mather is a rugby union footballer who plays in the back row. He won eleven caps for Scotland between 1999 and 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Pyrgos</span> Scotland international rugby union player

Henry Benjamin Pyrgos is a former Scotland international rugby union player and now coach. He is an Assistant Coach at Boroughmuir. He previously played for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship; and is a centurion for Glasgow Warriors, winning the Pro12 title with the club in 2015.

Kevin Bryce is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays as a Hooker for Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors. He has also played at Tighthead Prop and Flanker and has previously played for Edinburgh and Yorkshire Carnegie.

Hugh Campbell is a former head coach of the Glasgow Warriors.

Richie Dixon is a former Scotland international rugby union player, the former head coach of the Scotland national team, the Georgia national team and Glasgow Caledonians. He was head of Physical Education at Currie High School in Edinburgh from 1972 until 1980.

Sam Pinder, is a Scottish rugby union player formerly of Glasgow Warriors and Scotland. Pinder played at Scrum-Half.

George Breckenridge is a former Scottish rugby union player and now coach. He played for the amateur Glasgow District side before playing for the professional Glasgow side, now Glasgow Warriors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie Bhatti</span> Scotland international rugby union player

Jamie Bhatti is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Bath, ed. (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany . Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-905326-24-2.
  2. "Shade Munro – Rugby Union – Players and Officials – ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
  3. 1 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19880321&printsec=frontpage&hl=en [ bare URL ]
  4. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. "Warriors Honour Winning Greats". scottishrugby.org.
  6. "RUGBY: Shade Munro named as Scotland Women's head coach". Evening Times.
  7. "Glasgow and West Academy".