| Chris Birchall | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Christopher Birchall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1981 3, df=yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 108kg (238lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year1start: | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club1: | Bradford Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances1: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points1: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year2start: | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year2end: | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club2: | Halifax | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances2: | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points2: | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yearastart: | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teama: | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appearancesa: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pointsa: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Birchall (born 25 March 1981) is a former Scotland international rugby league player. For a period he switched codes to play rugby union; and made one appearance for Glasgow Warriors in 2003-04 season.
He was Scottish-Qualified as his grandmother was born in Kirkcudbright.[1]
He played once for Bradford Bulls in 2000.[2]
Birchall played for Halifax in 2002 and 2006.[3]
He played twice for Scotland internationally.[2] In 2004 he won the Dave Valentine Award, given by the management of the Scotland national rugby league team to their player of the year.[4]
While at the Warriors his contract allowed him to play for amateur club Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians, and he made several appearances for the Giffnock club.[1]
Birchall left Glasgow to join Otley in England.[1]
In 2003, Birchall switched codes to join Glasgow Warriors as a Prop on a short-term contract. He made just one appearance for the first team.[1]