| Barry Irving | |
| Birth Name: | Barry Alan Irving |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Sevenoaks, England |
| Height: | 180cm (70inches) |
| Weight: | 86kg (190lb) |
| Ru Clubcaps: | 2 31 25 64 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (68) (204) (553) |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1997-98 1999-2001 2001 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 9 1 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
| Ru Position: | Fly-half |
Barry Irving (born 31 December 1979 in Sevenoaks, England) is an English born former Scotland 'A' international rugby union player. He plays at Fly-half.
Irving qualifies for Scotland as his father was born near Canonbie in Dumfrieshire.[1] He was capped by Scotland A against New Zealand in 2001,[1] confirming his Scottish nationality. He was called up for the full Senior squad in 2000 by Ian McGeechan but not used.[2]
He started playing rugby for his local club Sevenoaks but in season 1998-99 he joined London Scottish.[3] He made a try scoring debut for London Scottish against Saracens, four days before his nineteenth birthday.[1]
He joined Glasgow at the start of the 1999-2000 season. Unfortunately he became blighted with injury[4] [5] and had very few run outs with the Glasgow side.[6] He left Glasgow Warriors at the end of the 2002-03 season to sign for French side Tarbes who play in the French Pro D2 league. He played 22 matches for the French club but left them after one season.[1]
He then signed for Italian club Amatori Catania. In season 2005-06 he was nominated for Player of the Year in Italy.[7]
He later played for Rugby Parma from 2007-08 season to 2010.[8]