Alex Moffat | |
Birth Name: | Alex Moffat |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1968 |
Birth Place: | Workington, England |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Ru Amateuryears: | 1990-94 1994-95 2001-02 2002 2002-03 2003-04 2004 |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Flyde Orrell Stirling County Orrell Preston Grasshoppers Stirling County Flyde Stirling County |
Ru Clubyears: | 1995-2001 2001-02 |
Alex Moffat (born 29 June 1968 in Workington, England) is a former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Orrell. He played in the position of hooker.[1]
Moffat played for Fylde Rugby Club in Lancashire from 1990-91.[2]
He moved to Orrell in 1994, and stayed with them when they turned professional in 1995.
Moving to Scotland when Orrell returned to amateur status, Moffat played for Stirling County.[3] [4]
He rejoined Orrell, now an amateur club again.[5]
He moved to Preston Grasshoppers in 2002.[6] [7]
In 2003 he played for Stirling County.[8] In January 2004 he moved back to Fylde Rugby Club.[6]
He moved back to Stirling County and was their captain.[9] He retired from rugby in 2014.[10]
Moffat first tried his hand with professional clubs with Orrell in 1995.[11] Orrell became an amateur club again in 2001 and Moffat found his way north to Stirling County and Glasgow Warriors.
In 2001-02 Moffat was called into Glasgow Warriors Heineken Cup squad for that season.[3]
He was named in a combined Glasgow-Edinburgh team to play Newcastle Falcons development team on 17 September 2001.[12] He replaced Peter Robertson in that match and the combined team had a comfortable victory, scoring seven tries.[13]