Dave Hilton (rugby union)
| Full name | David Ivor Walter Hilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ???-1999 1999–2003 2003-2008 |
Bath Rugby Glasgow Warriors Bristol Rugby |
92 49 |
(10) (40) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1995-2002 | Scotland | 42 | (5) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| ?–2011 2012–present |
Dings Crusaders Moseley |
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Dave Hilton (born 3 April 1970 in Bristol, England) is an English-born former Scottish international rugby union player. He was capped 42 times for the Scotland national rugby union team. In his club career he played for Bath Rugby, Glasgow Warriors and Bristol Rugby. His position of choice is as a prop.
He gained his first cap for the Scotland against Canada on 21 January 1991 and his 42nd and final cap against South Africa on 16 November 2002. Hilton originally believed he qualified for Scotland as his grandfather was born there.
However, in 2000 - and after 41 caps for Scotland - Hilton discovered his grandfather's birth was registered in Bristol and not Edinburgh as he believed. Hilton stated that his grandfather was born 16 weeks before the Bristol registration but he could not prove whether or not his grandfather was born in Scotland. Without adequate documentation he did not qualify to play for Scotland under the international eligibility rules.
At around the same time it was discovered that Welsh internationals Shane Howarth and Brett Sinkinson were ineligible to play for Wales under the grandparent rules. The resulting scandal encompassing Hilton and the others was named Grannygate and was embarrassing for the players and Rugby Unions alike. However both the SRU and the WRU escaped without fines. As part of a subsequent TV investigation Hilton's great-grandfather was traced to Glasgow giving credence to Hilton's Scottish ancestry.
Hilton had already moved from Bath to Glasgow to play for Glasgow Caledonians, now Glasgow Warriors, a year before the scandal broke so he had already a period of residence in Scotland. He had then to complete another two years in order to qualify again for Scotland under the 3-year residency rule. After that period of residency Hilton played once more for Scotland in a victory over South Africa in 2002.
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