Scott Forrest

Scott William Forrest (born 6 August 1984) is a retired rugby union player who is the coach of the Scotland women's national rugby union sevens team.

Early life

Forrest was born in Rutherglen.[1] He attended Hamilton College, studied sport and exercise science at the University of Strathclyde.

Rugby playing

He started playing for Cambuslang at the age of eight years.[2] He represented Scotland at under-19 and under-21 level.[2]

In September 2010 it was revealed that he would captain the Scotland Sevens team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games sevens competition in Delhi.[3] After the games, he announced his retirement from playing on account of long-term injury.[4] He took a post as rugby development officer in Inverclyde.[5]

coaching

From 2012 he coached the first XV at Cambuslang RFC, then moved to coaching at Premiership side Ayr RFC in May 2014.[2]

In April 2012 he became the coach for the new Scotland Women sevens squad that were scheduled to compete in a FIRA-AER tournament in Belgium in June 2012.[5]

He is a performance lifestyle adviser at the SportScotland Institute of Sport.[2]

References

  1. "Scott Forrest". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 McManus, Angela (23 May 2014). "Former rugby ace gears up to help Games athletes". Evening Times. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. "Scott Forrest named Scotland Sevens captain for Delhi". BBC News. 21 September 2010.
  4. "Forrest to lead women's 7s side". The Scotsman. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Forrest branches out into coaching". The Herald. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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