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Rugby player
| Birth name | Peter Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1967-12-30) 30 December 1967 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bonnyrigg, Midlothian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Blacksmith rugby coach HGV Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Wright (born 30 December 1967) is a former rugby union player and now coach.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Lasswade RFC and Boroughmuir.
Provincial and professional career
He played for Edinburgh District; and on professionalism in Scotland, played for Edinburgh Rugby and then Border Reivers.
International career
He was capped by Scotland B once, on 18 February 1989 against France 'B'.
He won 21 caps at prop for Scotland between 1992 and 1996, and toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in 1993.
Coaching career
He now coaches Glasgow High Kelvinside. He previously coached the Glasgow Hawks.
In the 2004–05 season Wright coached Hawks to a BT League and Cup double, beating Dundee HSFP 29–17 in the cup final on the international pitch at Murrayfield. He is also a Scottish Rugby development officer in Dumfries and Galloway. Wright started his coaching at Murrayfield Wanderers, leading them to the SRU Bowl in 2000, before joining Hawks.
On BBC Radio Scotland, Wright said of Scottish players that, "If you tell them six times that they are no good they will believe you, but you have to tell them a million times that they are good to get the same result."
References
- "Glasgow Warriors - Coaching role for Ruaridh Jackson". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
External links
- Under-19s' build-up worries Wright - The Scotsman, 25 March 2006
| British Lions – 1993 New Zealand tour | |
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| Coach | McGeechan & Best |
| Scotland squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Coach: Telfer | |
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- 1967 births
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- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
- Boroughmuir RFC players
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- Lasswade RFC players
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- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
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