Glenn Bryce

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Glenn Bryce
Birth nameGlenn Byrce
Date of birth (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Alloa, Scotland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95.7 kg (15 st 1 lb)
Notable relative(s) Kevin Bryce (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Alloa RFC
Stirling County
Heriots 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2013
2013–2014
2020–		 Jersey
Doncaster Knights
LA Giltinis 		14
 (15)
Correct as of 20 June 2015
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2016
2016–2018
2018–2020		 Glasgow Warriors
Edinburgh
Glasgow Warriors 		16
33
17		 (20)
(10)
(15)
Correct as of 26 February 2019
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2011 Scotland U20 10 (0)
Correct as of 20 June 2015
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2015–2017 Scotland 19 (95)

Glenn Bryce (born 7 June 1991 in Alloa) is a Scottish international 7s rugby union player. He currently plays for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States.

Bryce spent two seasons with the Jersey Reds helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship in 2012 and remained in the league in 2013. [1]

He left Jersey in the summer of 2013 to play for the Doncaster Knights. [2] The Knights also secured promotion to the RFU Championship in 2014.

Bryce left the Knights that summer joining the Glasgow Warriors as part of their Elite Development Programme.

In the 2014–15 season, he helped the Warriors secure a vital draw away to Leinster in the Guinness Pro12 after a healthy half time lead was squandered in the second half. [3]

He is the brother of Scottish rugby union internationalist Kevin Bryce. [4]

It was announced in March 2015 that Bryce would secure a professional contract with the Glasgow Warriors for the season 2015–16 graduating from their academy programme. [5]

After a brief spell at Edinburgh, Bryce then joined the Scotland Sevens setup, helping the side to back-to-back titles at the London leg of the World Sevens Series in 2016 and 2017. A place at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast followed, as Scotland earned a sixth-place finish. [6]

Bryce resigned with old club Glasgow Warriors back in the Pro14 competition for the 2018–19 season. He extended his contract with the club from the 2019–20 season. [7]

On 31 December 2020, Bryce left Glasgow to travel to the United States to sign with the LA Giltinis in the Major League Rugby competition. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Happy playing for the Jersey". Herald Scotland.
  2. ↑ "BBC Sport - Full-back Glenn Bryce to leave Jersey after two seasons". BBC Sport.
  3. ↑ "Bryce try earns Glasgow Warriors late draw with Leinster : Guinness PRO12 : Match Centre". pro12rugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Strathallan School pair sign professional contracts with Glasgow Warriors". thecourier.co.uk . Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Academy quartet sign Glasgow deals". glasgowwarriors.org.
  6. ↑ "Glenn Bryce - Team Scotland". Team Scotland. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Glenn Bryce secures extended stay at Glasgow Warriors". Scrum Magazine. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Glenn Bryce swaps Glasgow Warriors for Major League Rugby". Planet Rugby. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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