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Birth name | Gary Strain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Dalziel High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Strathclyde University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Strain (born 19 April 1988 in Motherwell, [1] Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player at the loosehead prop position.. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Newcastle Falcons.
Strain started playing amateur rugby with Dalziel Rugby Club in 2004. [2] He played with them until 2007 appearing 36 times and scoring 25 points (5 tries). [3]
Moving to the Glasgow Hawks for the season 2007-08, Strain won the Scottish Shield with them in 2009. [4] He played for the Hawks for four years before moving to the French side Massy.
At the start of the 2008-09 season, he was called up to the Glasgow Warriors squad for a pre-season game against Bristol Rugby on 22 August 2008 and came on as a substitute in the match. [5]
Massy was initially playing in the Fédérale 1 league in France, its highest amateur league. In 2012, it secured promotion to the French second-tier professional league, the Pro D2, for the first time. [4]
Strain was then picked up by the Newcastle Falcons in 2013. [6] and played 12 times for them in the 2013-14 season.
Returning to Scotland, Strain had a one-month training contract with Glasgow Warriors [7] and represented a Warriors 'A' side against an Edinburgh 'A' side at Stirling. [8]
On 17 July 2015, it was announced that he had secured a short-term professional contract with Glasgow Warriors to provide depth and competition for places during the 2015 World Cup when the Warriors would lose a number of their top stars on Scotland duty. [9] The contract allowed Strain to play and coach at Glasgow Hawks when not involved with the Warriors team. [7]
After a break, Strain was again picked for Glasgow Warriors for the 2017-18 friendly match against Dragons at Ebbw Vale. [10]
Strain was capped by the international squad for the under 18s, [11] under 19s [12] and under 20s for Scotland. [13] He went on to be capped for Scotland Club XV.
He moved back to Glasgow Hawks in a player/development role and became the Hawks' club development officer in November 2014. [14] In this role, he promoted rugby in various schools including Glasgow Academy, High School of Glasgow, Kelvinside Academy, Drumchapel High School, Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary and Knightswood Secondary. [15]
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Birth name | Gary Strain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Dalziel High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Strathclyde University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Strain (born 19 April 1988 in Motherwell, [1] Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player at the loosehead prop position.. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Newcastle Falcons.
Strain started playing amateur rugby with Dalziel Rugby Club in 2004. [2] He played with them until 2007 appearing 36 times and scoring 25 points (5 tries). [3]
Moving to the Glasgow Hawks for the season 2007-08, Strain won the Scottish Shield with them in 2009. [4] He played for the Hawks for four years before moving to the French side Massy.
At the start of the 2008-09 season, he was called up to the Glasgow Warriors squad for a pre-season game against Bristol Rugby on 22 August 2008 and came on as a substitute in the match. [5]
Massy was initially playing in the Fédérale 1 league in France, its highest amateur league. In 2012, it secured promotion to the French second-tier professional league, the Pro D2, for the first time. [4]
Strain was then picked up by the Newcastle Falcons in 2013. [6] and played 12 times for them in the 2013-14 season.
Returning to Scotland, Strain had a one-month training contract with Glasgow Warriors [7] and represented a Warriors 'A' side against an Edinburgh 'A' side at Stirling. [8]
On 17 July 2015, it was announced that he had secured a short-term professional contract with Glasgow Warriors to provide depth and competition for places during the 2015 World Cup when the Warriors would lose a number of their top stars on Scotland duty. [9] The contract allowed Strain to play and coach at Glasgow Hawks when not involved with the Warriors team. [7]
After a break, Strain was again picked for Glasgow Warriors for the 2017-18 friendly match against Dragons at Ebbw Vale. [10]
Strain was capped by the international squad for the under 18s, [11] under 19s [12] and under 20s for Scotland. [13] He went on to be capped for Scotland Club XV.
He moved back to Glasgow Hawks in a player/development role and became the Hawks' club development officer in November 2014. [14] In this role, he promoted rugby in various schools including Glasgow Academy, High School of Glasgow, Kelvinside Academy, Drumchapel High School, Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary and Knightswood Secondary. [15]