Birth name | Rory Andrew McKay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Robert Gordon College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory McKay (born 2 February 1979 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player and now coach who played for Glasgow Warriors. He played at flanker. He played at international level for the Scotland Sevens side. [1]
Starting his amateur career at Gordonians RFC, McKay then moved to Glasgow Hawks. In 2002, he left the Hawks to sign for the professional provincial side Glasgow Warriors. [2] While not playing for the provincial side, he played for Aberdeen Grammar. [3]
McKay left Glasgow Warriors in 2004 and pursued a career in rugby in Australia, Italy and England. [4] He played for Manly in Australia; Venezia in Italy; and Waterloo and Bedford Blues in England. [5]
The flanker also represented Scotland in their Club XV side. [6] [7] [8]
He represented an invitational Caledonia Reds side versus a Co-Optimists side in effort to get the Caledonia Reds side formally re-instated by the SRU in 2014. [9]
He is now a rugby development officer and coach of Perthshire RFC. [10] [11]