Full name | Calum MacRae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 8 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Earlston High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Moray House Institute of Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Scotland 7's (head coach) | ||
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2003 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 |
Melrose South District Border Reivers Edinburgh Worcester Venezia Mestre |
1 22 14 8 7 |
( (0) (205) (6) (4) (47)) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1998–1999 1999–2000 2005 - 09 2006 - 09 |
Scotland U19 Scotland U21 Scotland 7's Scotland A |
9 (?) 12 (?) 13 (?) |
( (?) (?) (?)) |
Teams coached | |||
Years | Team | ||
2011-14 2014 - |
Newcastle Falcons Scotland 7s |
Calum MacRae (born 26 January 1980 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the head coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team.
MacRae played rugby union as a centre and had also operated at fullback and fly-half.
After age grade rugby he played for a four-year period on the IRB Sevens World Series along with playing in the Celtic league for the Borders. He played his final tournament for Scotland at the 2005 RWC Sevens in Hong Kong. Following this he was in Frank Hadden's Scotland Training Squad for a 4-year period, however, MacRae never gained full honours. His international 15's career mainly consisted of three consecutive Churchill Cup Tournaments.
He was called up to the Scotland squad for the autumn tests in 2006 and for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.
In 2009 he signed for Worcester Warriors.
He worked as a skills and attack coach at Newcastle Falcons from June 2011.
In June 2014 it was announced that he would take over as the coach for the Scotland national rugby union 7's team for the 2014-15 season.
MacRae is a qualified physical education teacher.