Roddy Grant (rugby union)
| Birth name | Roderick Robert Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hilton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2006–2007 2009–2015 |
Borders Edinburgh |
1 138 |
(0) (55) |
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Correct as of 12 May 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2009–2015 | Scotland A | 9 | () |
| National sevens team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 2006–2015 | Scotland 7s | 12 | |
Roderick Robert Grant is a coach and former rugby union player with Edinburgh and Scotland sevens. During the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series, Grant took over as captain from the injured Scott Forrest and went on to captain Edinburgh at the start of the 2010–11 Celtic League campaign.
Grant was born in Jwaneng, Botswana to Scottish parents and soon after moved to Cape Town, South Africa. He attended Western Province Prep School where he started playing rugby at the age of 11. From there he moved on to Bishops where he continued his sporting career. It was here that Grant was selected to play for the South African under-15 and under-16 waterpolo sides. Halfway through his high school career he moved out of the Western Cape to the Midlands of Natal to attend Hilton College.
It was here that his rugby career really started to take shape moving from the centres to the back row. Grant played for the school's first XV as well as the Natal Schools side. Upon completing high school, Grant moved to Scotland where he began his professional career.
Rugby runs in Roddy's family: his grandfather (Bob) and great-uncle (George) were international referees, the latter was also Scotland full back in 1950 and 1951 and manager of the 1977 Lions in New Zealand, and Grant's father played for British Universities.
He joined Border Reivers in summer 2006 as an apprentice, and the following January he made his debut for the professional team as a substitute in the Magners League match against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade. He was awarded the 2008 John Macphail Scholarship, allowing him to have a summer playing for Auckland University club in New Zealand.
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