David Denton (rugby union)

David Denton

Personal information
Full name	David Kipling Denton
Date of birth	5 February 1990 (1990-02-05) (age 21)
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	18 st (114 kg)
School(s) attended	Kingswood College, South Africa
University(s)	Edinburgh University
Club information
Position(s)	Flanker
Current club	Edinburgh Rugby
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2010 ‑	Edinburgh Rugby	18
Representative teams**
2011 ‑ 2010 ‐	Scotland Scotland U20	1 (0) 10 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 16 November 2011.

David Denton (born 5 February 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays primarily at flanker, but is also able to operate at lock.

Background

David Denton was born in Zimbabwe, and qualifies for Scotland as his mother was born in Glasgow. He attended Kingswood College in the Eastern Cape in South Africa, before making several appearance for Eastern Province in Port Elizabeth. After playing for the Scottish National Academy, he was awarded a professional contract at Edinburgh for the 2010-2011. His performances in his debut season lead him to being selected for Scotland's extended World Cup squad in the build up to the showpiece.

International career

Denton made his debut for the Scotland, coming on off the bench in the 10-6 win over Ireland in the Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in August 2011. However he was not named in the final squad for the tournament. He also appeared in all of Scotland's U20 side's games in 2010, five games in the 6 Nations U20s and in the IRB Junior World Championship.

He has appeared for the Scottish Sevens team in 2010 in the Dubai and George events.

External links

• http://www.edinburghrugby.org/team/back-row/david-denton
• http://www.scotlandrugbyteam.org/content/view/1697/210/

Persondata
Name	Denton, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	5 February 1990
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Date of death
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