Gordon_Reid_(rugby_union)

Gordon Reid (rugby union)

Gordon Reid (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player

Gordon Reid (born 4 March 1987) is a Scottish international Rugby union player. He plays as a loosehead prop. He now plays for Marr. He previously played for English Premiership sides London Irish and Northampton Saints, the Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors and the Super 6 side Ayrshire Bulls.[1][2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Reid played for Ayr.[3]

In 2021 Reid joined Marr. He scored a try on his debut on 4 September 2021.[4]

Professional career

Reid has played over 100 times for the Glasgow Warriors.[5]

After 7 years at Glasgow Warriors Reid departed the club when his contract expired in the summer of 2017.[6]

On 1 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for newly promoted London Irish in the English Premiership.[7]

For the start of the 2019–20 season it was announced that Reid would join the Super 6 side, the Ayrshire Bulls.[8]

On 29 November 2019 it was announced that in addition to playing for the Ayrshire Bulls, Reid would once again join Glasgow Warriors in a partnership contract between the Pro14 and Super 6 side.[9]

On 11 March 2020 it was announced that Reid had signed for Northampton Saints. Saints' scrum coach Matt Ferguson said the capture of Reid was 'top of the shopping list'.[10] He departed the club in June 2020 having not been able to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In November 2021 he joined Wasps RFC on a short-term contract.[12]

International career

Reid was called into the Scotland squad for the first time during the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests and made an appearance on the substitute's bench against Tonga on 24 November, however he did not make it onto the field for his international debut.[13][14] Reid made his Scotland debut v USA on the 2014 tour, and was a member of the Scotland Squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He scored his first try for Scotland in the Calcutta Cup game of the 2017 Six Nations Championship.[15]

Outside of rugby

Reid made the headlines on 24 November 2019 when after investigating a burning smell – which he initially thought may have his tumble drier – he ran into a neighbour's house and saved a man from a burning building.[16][17]

Reference List

  1. [1]
    "Gordon Reid Glasgow Warriors profile". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. [2]
    Bulls, The Ayrshire (29 November 2019). "The @GlasgowWarriors have signed Bulls' prop Gordon Reid on a partnership contract. The @Scotlandteam International will remain an Ayrshire Bulls' player, but will train at Scotstoun and provide cover".
  3. [3]
    "Gordon Reid". Glasgow Warriors.
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    "Former Scotland cap scores on Marr debut as trio post opening-day victories in Tennent's Premiership".
  5. [5]
    "News". Glasgow Warriors.
  6. [6]
    "Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors". BBC News. 14 February 2017.
  7. [7]
    "London Irish sign Gordon Reid, Ben Meehan and Lasha Lomidze following promotion". BBC News. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. [8]
    LINE, THE OFFSIDE (9 August 2019). "Scotland star Gordon Reid signs for Ayrshire Bulls Super 6 side – @OfficialAyrRFC @GGreid87 @Scotlandteam @Super6Rugby".
  9. [9]
    LINE, THE OFFSIDE (29 November 2019). "Ayrshire Bulls prop Gordon Reid signs partnership deal with Glasgow Warriors".
  10. [10]
    "Coach Matt Ferguson says new recruit Gordon Reid was 'top of the shopping list' for Saints". northamptonchron.co.uk.
  11. [11]
    "Van Vuuren and Trinder to leave Northampton Saints this summer". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Gordon Reid: Wasps sign Scotland prop on 'short-term' contract". BBC News. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Reid Joins Scotland Squad". Rugby 365. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  14. [14]
    "Scotland 15 Tonga 21 ESPN Scrum Match Details". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  15. [15]
    "Squads: Scotland men: Gordon Reid". scottishrugby.org. Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. [16]
    "Ecosse. Le pilier Gordon Reid agit en héros et sauve la vie d'un homme dans un incendie". actu.fr.
  17. [17]
    Parker, Charlie. "Rugby ace Gordon Reid turns hero to save neighbour from fire". The Times. London.
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