Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby player
Graham Shiel
Birth name Andrew Graham Shiel Date of birth (1970-08-13 ) 13 August 1970 (age 53) Place of birth Galashiels , Scotland Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 14 st 0 lb (89 kg) Notable relative(s) Charlie Shiel , son
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 .
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]
References
External links
Forwards Backs Coaching Staff