Danny Herrington
| Full name | Danny Herrington | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | c. 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tillicoultry, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 2005 | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Tighthead Prop | ||||||||||||
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| Amateur clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| - | Hillfoots RFC Dundee HSFP RFC Kirkcaldy |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1996-98 1999-2000 |
Caledonia Reds Glasgow Warriors |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1990-96 | North and Midlands | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1993-95 | Scotland A | 3 | |
Danny Herrington (c.1960 in Tillicoultry, Scotland – 26 May 2005) was a former Scotland A international rugby union player. His rugby career spanned the amateur and professional era. He played at Tighthead Prop.
He started playing rugby with amateur club Hillfoots RFC. Both Herrington and John Manson came through the clubs ranks at the same time. Herrington, Manson and 'Budgie' Cairney formed a front row partnership affectionately deemed the 'Tillicoultry Troglodytes'.
From Hillfoots, Herrington moved to Dundee HSFP, along with Manson and Cairney. He was a key member of the Dundee squad and drove the club back into Scottish rugby's top amateur division.
Herrington's impeccable technique in the scrum was such that Scotland's then Director of Rugby Jim Telfer asked him to pass on his knowledge to younger props.
He mentored youngsters in the Dundee team - most notably young prop Tom Smith, who was later to become a British and Irish Lions player.
Smith was to say of his mentoring: "When I joined my first senior club in Dundee, there was an old prop called Danny Herrington, a bit of a local legend, who basically shoved my head up my arse in training, twice a week every week for what seemed like years. Now, that's what you call a learning curve. Those training sessions were my classroom. Danny took the view that a young prop should have his share of bad experiences before trying to inflict them on other people."
He would later move to play for Kirkcaldy RFC.
He first played for the amateur district North and Midlands in 1990.
When Scotland took on the challenges of the professional game, this district became Caledonia Reds in season 1996-97. Herrington also represented this professional provincial side.
Danny won the Scottish Inter-District Championship with Caledonia Reds in 1996-97 season. It was the first Inter-District championship that North and Midlands or Caledonia Reds had won outright and qualified Caledonia Reds to the Heineken Cup.
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