Gordon Reid (rugby union)

Gordon Reid (born 4 March 1987) is a Scottish international Rugby Union player. He plays as a prop. 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]

Gordon Reid
Reid in 2017
Birth nameGordon Reid
Date of birth (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Place of birthIrvine, Scotland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Ayr ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–17
2017-19
2019-20
2020		 Glasgow Warriors
London Irish
Glasgow Warriors
Northampton Saints		 113
25
0		 (35)
(0)
(0)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019-20 Ayrshire Bulls 3 (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009-11
2014–		 Scotland Club XV
Scotland		 6
37		 (0)
(5)
Correct as of 17 September 2019

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Ayr.[3]

Professional career

He has played over 100 times for the Glasgow Warriors.[4]

After 7 years at Glasgow Warriors Reid departed the club when his contract expired in the summer of 2017.[5]

On 1 June 2017 it was announced he had signed for newly-promoted London Irish in the English Premiership.[6]

For the start of the 2019-20 season it was announced that Reid would join the Super 6 side, the Ayrshire Bulls.[7]

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.[8]

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'.[9] He departed the club in June 2020 having not been able to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

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.[11][12] 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.[13]

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.[14][15]

Reference List
  1. "Gordon Reid Glasgow Warriors profile". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  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. Full story https://www.ayrrugbyclub.co.uk/reid-pens-partnership-contract-with-warriors/ … @CraigWatsonpixpic.twitter.com/oVdMJ6dGjC". External link in |title= (help)
  3. "Gordon Reid". Glasgow Warriors.
  4. "News". Glasgow Warriors.
  5. "Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors". BBC News. 14 February 2017.
  6. "London Irish sign Gordon Reid, Ben Meehan and Lasha Lomidze following promotion". BBC News. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. LINE, THE OFFSIDE (9 August 2019). "Scotland star Gordon Reid signs for Ayrshire Bulls Super 6 side - @OfficialAyrRFC @GGreid87 @Scotlandteam @Super6Rugby Read: - https://theoffsideline.com/scotland-star-gordon-reid-signs-for-ayrshire-bulls-super-6-side/ …pic.twitter.com/nx7tgnuJG7". External link in |title= (help)
  8. LINE, THE OFFSIDE (29 November 2019). "Ayrshire Bulls prop Gordon Reid signs partnership deal with Glasgow Warriors - https://www.theoffsideline.com/gordon-reid-partnership-deal/ …pic.twitter.com/iFMzVDagfz". External link in |title= (help)
  9. "Coach Matt Ferguson says new recruit Gordon Reid was 'top of the shopping list' for Saints". northamptonchron.co.uk.
  10. "Van Vuuren and Trinder to leave Northampton Saints this summer". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. "Reid Joins Scotland Squad". Rugby 365. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  12. "Scotland 15 Tonga 21 ESPN Scrum Match Details". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  13. "Squads: Scotland men: Gordon Reid". scottishrugby.org. Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  14. "Ecosse. Le pilier Gordon Reid agit en héros et sauve la vie d'un homme dans un incendie". actu.fr.
  15. Parker, Charlie. "Rugby ace Gordon Reid turns hero to save neighbour from fire" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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