John Manson

John James Manson (born 22 June 1968 in Bridge of Allan) and was a Scottish rugby union footballer who played with Hillfoots, Dundee HSFP, Stirling County & West of Scotland. John also played professionally for the Caledonia Reds and Glasgow Caledonians, two of Scotlands first professional rugby teams.

John, was one of the original Tillicoultry Trogs who brought the hard edge to Dundee HSFP's pack in the club's heyday in the early nineties. Alongside front row companion Danny Herrington, John made sure one of Scotland's future heroes, Prop Tom Smith had a tough fight to see 1st XV action with the club. John was part of the historic unbeaten NZ tour of 1992, the first ever by a British club side.

John was capped seven times for Scotland A and represented Scotland for Select and Development XV's against the touring All Blacks and Springboks in 1993 and 1994 respectively. He earned his only full Scotland cap 1995 as a replacement against England at Twickenham. John went on to tour South Africa with the 1995 World Cup Squad where he was a replacement in Scotlands record 89 - 0 win over the Ivory Coast.

John has also played against some notable touring teams including the ACT Brumbies, NZ Maoris and Fiji.

John is now the Scottish Rugby Union's Regional Development Manager for the Central & West Lothian area and is also the assistant manager for the National U18 Squad.

Scotland Full Caps1995 ENG(r), South Africa (Rugby World Cup)

Scotland A Caps1995 ITA, FRA, IRE 1996 SAA 1997 WAL(r), FRA(r), ENG

Scotland Development XV1994 SA

Scotland Select1993 NZ