Английская Википедия:Aaron Collins (rugby union)

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Aaron Collins (born 25 June 1971 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player and now coach. He normally played at the Centre position; and previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Glasgow Academicals and West of Scotland.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

By virtue of a grandfather born in Blackburn, West Lothian - Aaron Collins was Scottish-Qualified - and in 1994 he was also playing in Scotland for Glasgow Academicals.[1]

He played for amateur side West of Scotland in 1997[2][3] and 1998[4][5]

He was back playing with West of Scotland in 2002.[6][7]

He played again for Glasgow Accies in a memorial match for Gordon Mackay in 2012.[8]

Collins played for Oban Lorne RFC in the 2014-15 season.[9]

Provincial and professional career

Aaron represented Waikato province against the British and Irish Lions in 1993.[10] At the time Collins was playing for Hamilton Old Boys. Collins is one of the select players to have played for four New Zealand provinces: Poverty Bay, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and King Country. He played in New Zealand between 1991 and 1997.[11]

He was called up by Glasgow Warriors in the 1997–98 and 1998-99 season.[12] He was on the bench for the professional provincial side on 4 January 1988 in a Scottish Inter-District Championship match against Caledonia Reds.[13] He played in the Heineken Cup for Glasgow in the 1998-99 season against Pontypridd RFC.[14] He also played in some of Glasgow's Welsh matches in the WRU Challenge Cup of the 1998-99 season.[15]

Collins also played for Harlequins in England.[16]

International career

He was to play for a Scotland Sevens side named Rugby Ecosse in 1998 in the Air France International Sevens scoring a try against Argentina Sevens side.[17]

Coaching career

He coached Hillhead Jordanhill in the 2006-07 season.[16]

Collins became coach of Biggar RFC in 2007.[18][19]

Family

His father John Collins was an All Black in 1964.[1]

References

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