Craig Hamilton

Craig Peter Hamilton (born Dumfries 1 September 1979) is a Scottish internationalist rugby union player. His position is lock and currently he plays at club level for Edinburgh Rugby.

Career

Hamilton was born in Dumfries and is a former pupil of Stranraer Academy. He is 6 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 18 stones 8 pounds. He was previously with West of Scotland before moving to Newcastle to study where he played for Newcastle Falcons. He then moved to Edinburgh in the summer of 2005.

He represented Scotland U21 in the 2000 SANZAR tournament, starting against Tonga and coming on as a replacement against South Africa and Argentina. He also represented Scottish Students, in particular starting in their game against French Students at Inverleith in March 2002. He has made 17 appearances for Scotland A including appearances in February 2010.

He was awarded his first Scotland cap on 19 June 2004 in Sydney, coming on as a replacement in the second Test against Australia. He gained 4 further caps in the five months from June to November 2005 when he started against each of Romania, Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand. He was on Scotland’s 2008 tour to Argentina but did not figure in the match squad for either Test match.

External links

• http://www.scrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/14558.html
• http://www.scotlandrugbyteam.org/content/view/141/131/

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Name	Hamilton, Craig
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Date of birth	1 September 1979
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