Cameron Redpath | |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1999 |
Birth Place: | Narbonne, France |
Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
Weight: | 960NaN0 |
School: | Cheltenham College King's School Sedbergh School |
Relatives: | Bryan Redpath (father) |
Position: | Centre |
Currentclub: | Bath |
Years1: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs1: | Sale Sharks |
Apps1: | 22 |
Points1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2020– |
Clubs2: | Bath |
Apps2: | 58 |
Points2: | 35 |
Repyears1: | 2014-2015 |
Repteam1: | Scotland U16 |
Repyears2: | 2015-2016 |
Repteam2: | Scotland U18 |
Repyears3: | 2016–2017 |
Repteam3: | England U18 |
Repcaps3: | 5 |
Reppoints3: | 20 |
Repyears4: | 2018–2019 |
Repteam4: | England U20 |
Repcaps4: | 9 |
Reppoints4: | 15 |
Repyears5: | 2021– |
Repteam5: | Scotland |
Repcaps5: | 14 |
Reppoints5: | 5 |
Clubupdate: | 16 March 2024 |
Repupdate: | 16 March 2024 |
Cameron Redpath (born 23 December 1999) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Bath. Born in France, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. His father, Bryan Redpath, is a former Scotland captain.
He came through the Sale Sharks academy and played 22 games for the club before joining Bath Rugby in February 2020.[1] [2]
Cameron Redpath represented Scotland at U16 level and both Scotland and England at U18 level. Redpath represented England under-20 in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, scoring tries against Wales[3] and France.[4] Redpath was selected in England's 34-man squad for their 2018 summer tour of South Africa[5] but was unable to travel with the squad because of injury.[6] He scored a try against Scotland in the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[7] He also played at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship however his tournament came to an end when he received a six-week ban for biting an opponent in their penultimate match against Ireland.[8] [9]
In January 2021, Redpath was selected in the Scotland 2021 Six Nations Championship squad.[10] On 6 February 2021 he started for Scotland at Centre in the Calcutta Cup against England.[11] Redpath came on as a replacement versus Wales in the 2022 Six Nations match.[12]
In 2023 Redpath was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[13]
Cameron is the son of former Scotland international captain Bryan Redpath,[14] and was born in France when his father was playing there for RC Narbonne.[15] He was educated at Cheltenham College, The King's School, Macclesfield, and Sedbergh School on a scholarship.[16] His uncle Craig also played at a high level, and his younger brother Murray was playing for the Scotland Under-20 team in 2022.[17]
Bryan Redpath's nickname as a player was "Basil"[18] and whilst at Sale his son was given the nickname "boom boom" as a result due to the association with the children's television character Basil Brush.[19] [20]