Allister Hogg

Infobox Rugby Union biography
playername = Allister Hogg


fullname = Allister Hogg
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|1|20|df=yes
cityofbirth = Stirling
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|ft=6|in=4
weight = 16 st 7 lbs (105 kg)
nickname = Ally, Hoggy
school = Stirling High School
university = Telford College
Scottish Institute of Sport
relatives =
position = Flanker / Number Eight
currentclub = Edinburgh Rugby
clubnumber = 6, 7, 8
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
clubs = Edinburgh Rugby
caps(points) =
repyears = 2004 ‐
repteam = Scotland
repcaps(points) = 39 (45)
pcupdate =
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Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player, he was born on 20 January 1983, in Stirling, Scotland) plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Edinburgh Gunners and Scotland, and makes a formidable partnership with Simon Taylor at both club and country level.

A product of Stirling High School, Allister has also played basketball for Scotland at under-16 level. He graduated from Telford College in Edinburgh with an HND in Sports Coaching & Sports Development.

Allister made his debut against Wales at Cardiff in 2004, a match Scotland lost 23-10, aged 21. He has established himself as one of Scotland's best players. His pace, strength, skill, and work ethic have already gone some way to gaining him international recognition. All Blacks open-side flanker Richie McCaw rated him as one of the best back rows in the game, shortly after he missed being selected for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.

Ally Hogg was named Edinburgh's first team captain in the summer of 2007 (alongside Simon Cross) and went on to become the first Scotland forward in 20 years to score a hat-trick of tries in one match when he plundered a treble during the 42-0 World Cup win over Romania in September 2007.

References

[ [http://www.stv.tv/content/sport/Rugby/display.html?id=opencms:/sport/Rugby/Hogg_and_Cross_to_share_Edinburgh_captaincy_250607 Hogg and Cross to share Edinburgh captaincy] stv website, 25 June 2007. ]

External links

* [http://www.edinburghrugby.com/ Edinburgh Rugby website]
* [http://www.scottishrugby.org/sru/index.cfm?0C2EA9C5-07C3-7191-B5FC-5DFDEAF0E0EE&playeruuid=E82C1143-E5A0-8AF5-5F0F-803BBA7CC1EE&squad_uuid=78732359-B554-30A5-8C4D-C60E01CE7ED5&org_uuid=F5DF887B-E238-AAEF-622C-9E64FFA6EE5C Scotland profile]