Craig Sangster

Craig Sangster (born 2 March 1975 in Scotland), is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors at the Full Back or Centre position. Rarely he filled in at Fly-half.^[2]

Craig Sangster

Birth name	Craig Sangster
Date of birth	(1975-03-02) 2 March 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)^[1]
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back / Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Stirling County Stirling County Hamilton RFC Falkirk RFC Grangemouth Stags Bannockburn RFC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996-98 2000-01 Glasgow Warriors Blackheath Glasgow Warriors 18 0 (5) (0) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow District Caledonia Reds () International career Years Team Apps (Points) - Scotland Students Scotland U21 Coaching career Years Team Grangemouth Stags

Sangster played for amateur club Stirling County in two spells^[3][4]

At amateur district level Sangster played for Glasgow District at under 19^[5] and under 21 grades.^[6]

While with Stirling, Sangster also played for the professional Glasgow side in two spells; the first from 1996 to 1998. He played for Glasgow in all of their Challenge Cup matches in 1996-97; and in all of their Heineken Cup matches in 1997-98.^[1]

On leaving Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County Sangster signed for Blackheath in London, England.^[7] Blackheath were then a professional side playing in the Allied Dunbar Premiership 2.^[8]

Sangster spent a year with Blackheath before returning to Glasgow Warriors and Stirling County. He was back playing with the then Glasgow Caledonians in 2000.^[9] He played on their Canadian tour in 2000.^[10] In 2001 he represented Caledonia Reds as an amateur district.^[11]

He played for Stirling County in the Melrose Sevens in 2003.^[12]

Sangster also played for Hamilton RFC.^[13][14]

He played for Falkirk RFC^[15][16][17]

Sangster joined Grangemouth Stags as Head Coach and player in 2011^[15] and played in the RBS National Bowl in 2013.^[18]

He now plays for Bannockburn RFC.^[19]

Sangster played in the memorial match for Gordon Mackay in 2012, his old Stirling team mate.^[20] He was capped by Scotland Students^[21] and by Scotland Under-21.^[22]

References

1. . epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
2. "Sangster seals County's rally". scotsman.com.
3. "Sangster sets fine example Centre accepts responsibility as Stirling bid for return to success". Herald Scotland.
4. "Search Results".
5. "Featherstone pushes aside all challenges". Herald Scotland.
6. "Bulloch caps a rare win for Glasgow over the Borderers". Herald Scotland.
7. "Rugby Union: ...AND DIVISION TWO". The Independent. 4 September 1998.
8. . yorkshirecarnegie.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. "Caledonia make a winning start". ESPN scrum.
10. Alan Lorimer in Rome (12 August 2000). "Scotland drawn against Uruguay". Telegraph.co.uk.
11. "RUGBY UNION - Returning Exiles dump champions". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001.
12. . Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
13. "Glasgow Warriors - Club Round-up 14". glasgowwarriors.com.
14. "Ant". carlukegazette.co.uk.
15. "Stags prise some new signings from Falkirk". falkirkherald.co.uk.
16. "GHA Rugby Club - Official Website - Big Win v Falkirk". gharugby.co.uk.
17. "It". hawick-news.co.uk.
18. "Grangemouth Stags RFC vs Oban Lorne RFC , Sat, 20/04/2013 - 12:00 - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
19. . bannockburnrfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
20. "Glittering Lineup for Gordon McKay Memorial Match". glasgowhawks.com.
21. "Students prevail in feast of tries". Herald Scotland.
22. "Youth given a chance". Herald Scotland.

External links

• Glasgow v Edinburgh 2000