Grant McKelvey explained

Grant McKelvey
Birth Name:Grant McKelvey
Birth Date:28 December 1968
Birth Place:Chingola, Zambia
Height:5 ft 8 inches
Weight:216 lbs
Ru Position:Hooker
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Haddington
Watsonians
Ru Proclubs:Edinburgh
Ru Nationalyears:1997
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalcaps:1
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)

Grant McKelvey (born 28 December 1968) is a senior manager at the Scottish Rugby Union who has also worked as a rugby union coach. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Early life

McKelvey was born on 28 December 1968 in Chingola, Zambia. He went to Knox Academy in Haddington.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He started off playing for Haddington and then played for Watsonians.

Professional and provincial career

He was named as a replacement in the Cities District side to play Australia in October 1996.[2] However he did not play.[3]

McKelvey played for Edinburgh Rugby.[4]

International career

He played for the Scottish Schools under-15s in 1984.[5]

He played one Autumn international match as hooker for Scotland against Australia at Murrayfield on 22 November 1997.

Coaching career

In July 2000 the Reivers announced that he had left their squad to concentrate on his work as a SRU development officer in East Lothian.[6]

He coached Musselburgh RFC until 2003 when he became the rugby development manager for Edinburgh.[7]

In 2007 he became the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team coach, having previously coached the under-17 team.[8] In December 2014 he became a talent identification and performance projects manager.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grant McKelvey. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19961029/323/0040. British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961104/291/0015. British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: District cap does not fit six Scotland internationalists. Room left to tempt big names north as 43 players pay the penalty for rugby's contract revolution. HeraldScotland. 16 April 1998 .
  5. News: Young Scots fail to hold Wales . Bill . McMurtrie . . 31 March 1984 . 18 . 27 February 2016.
  6. News: Injury forces McNulty to call it a day with Reivers . The Scotsman . 5 July 2000 . 27 February 2016.
  7. News: McKelvey moves on . The Scotsman . 11 November 2003 . 27 February 2016.
  8. New Head Coaches For Scotland Age-Grade Teams . . 14 September 2007 . 27 February 2016.
  9. News: Graeme Beveridge gets academy role with Edinburgh . Gareth . Black . The Scotsman . 11 November 2003 . 27 February 2016.