Alan Tait
| Full name | Alan Victor Tait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 July 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Full back / Centre | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1988–92 1992–96 |
Widnes Leeds |
136 126 |
(225) (176) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| Position(s) | Centre | ||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1987–88 | Kelso | () | |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1996–98 1998–2000 |
Newcastle Falcons Edinburgh |
19 | (10) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1987–99 1997 |
Scotland British and Irish Lions |
27 2 |
(81) (5) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–12 | Newcastle Falcons | ||
Alan Victor Tait (born 2 November 1964) is a Scottish dual-code rugby footballer and coach. He was until January 2012, head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played outside centre for Scotland and the British and Irish Lions. He played club rugby for Kelso and the Newcastle Falcons.
Tait changed codes twice in his life, once going from rugby union to rugby league, and then going the other way after union became professional during the mid-1990s.
Unlike many other cross-code converts of the period, Tait had the benefit of growing up in Cumbria, where his father, Alan Senior, was playing for Workington Town. However, Tait played Union first and made his Test début for Scotland in the inaugural 1987 World Cup held in New Zealand where, he came on as a replacement in a 20–20 draw with France in Christchurch.
The following year Tait switched codes to rugby league where he was to spend the next eight years playing club rugby for Widnes and Leeds, as well as representing Great Britain and Scotland.
During the 1989–90 season, he played for defending champions Widnes at fullback in their 1989 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Canberra Raiders. Tait won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in both 1989 and 1990.
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