Graham Shiel

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Graham Shiel
Birth nameAndrew Graham Shiel
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Galashiels, Scotland
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight14 st 0 lb (89 kg)
Notable relative(s) Charlie Shiel, son
Rugby union career
Current team Scotland 7's
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988 Melrose ()
1992 Manly ()
2006 Stewart’s Melville ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Border Reivers ()
Edinburgh Rugby ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1991-2000 Scotland 18 (20)
Barbarians
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
1996 Scotland 7's
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2006 Stewart’s Melville (Player-coach)
2006-10 Edinburgh Rugby (Academy coach)
2010 - Scotland 7s (Skills coach)

Graham Shiel (born 13 August 1970 in Galashiels, Scotland ) is the skills coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team. He is now retired from playing rugby, having made 18 appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team and once for the national sevens team.

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Rugby union Career

Amateur career

He played with Melrose RFC from 1988 for fifteen years winning five National Championship and five Border League titles with them. [1]

He played for the Australian amateur club Manly in 1992. [1]

He later joined Stewart's Melville. [1]

Professional career

He played for Border Reivers - and then Edinburgh Rugby where he was captain from 2000 to 2002. [1]

International career

Shiel's international debut was against Ireland at Murrayfield in October 1991. His last international appearance was against New Zealand at Auckland in July 2000. [2]

He represented Scotland at the Hong Kong Sevens in 1996. [1]

Shiel was also capped by the Barbarians. [1]

Coaching career

He first took on a coaching role while still a player at Stewart's Melville. [3]

In 2006 he became academy manager at Edinburgh Rugby. [1]

In October 2010 he was named as Scotland’s seven’s coach. [4] In 2012 was moved to sevens skills coach. [5]

Outside of rugby

He is a qualified stonemason. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Shiel to take up academy post". Southern Reporter . 9 November 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. "Andrew Graham Shiel".
  3. "Stewart's Melville mourn Mackenzie". The Scotsman . 3 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. "Graham Shiel takes over as Scotland Sevens head coach". BBC Sport . 28 October 2010.
  5. Mason, Jim (23 July 2012). "Scotland seek new sevens coach as Graham Shiel is moved aside". BBC Sport.