Dave McCall

Dave McCall
Birth name	Dave McCall
Date of birth	15 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Stewart's Melville
2008-10	Heriots
2010-11	Melrose
2011	Glasgow Hawks
Senior career
Years	Team
2005-07	Edinburgh
2009-11	Glasgow Warriors
2011-12	Rotherham Titans
2012-13	London Scottish
International career
Years	Team
2005-06	Scotland U19
	Scotland Club XV
National sevens team
Years	Team
	Scotland 7s

Dave McCall (born 15 April 1987) is a former Scotland 7s international rugby union player, previously with Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh.^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He started with Stewart's Melville, where he impressed, becoming an apprentice at Edinburgh Rugby.^[2]^[3]

He played for Heriots while at Edinburgh University.^[4] He won Man of the Match in the Scottish Cup final of 2007 in Heriots match against Melrose.^[4] In his first season with Glasgow Warriors he was also assigned to Heriots in the Pro Player Draft.

In 2010-11 season he was assigned to Melrose in the draft.^[5]

At the start of 2011-12 season he was assigned to Glasgow Hawks. However by the end of 2011, he had moved to England.

Professional career

He played for Edinburgh from 2005 to 2007.^[6]^[7] When Edinburgh was taken from the Bob Carruthers run franchise back into the SRU's hands McCall was released in a cost-cutting measure.^[4]

On the back of his Scottish Cup final performance for Heriots Glasgow Warriors boss Sean Lineen offered McCall a training contract.^[4] He played for Glasgow Warriors from 2009 to 2011, making his contract full time in 2010.^[6] He has the Warrior No. 176.

He moved to Rotherham at the end of 2011 and played for Rotherham Titans from 2011 to 2012.^[6]^[8]

He played for London Scottish from 2012 to 2013.^[6]

International career

He was capped by Scotland U19s.^[9]

He was also capped by Scotland Club XV.^[8]^[10]

He has been capped by Scotland 7s.^[5]^[3]

References

^ "David McCall". ESPN scrum.
^ "Gunners Apprentices in League Action". www.edinburghgunners.org.uk.
^ ^a ^b "Scots choose sevens series hopes". 18 October 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Dave McCall goes in at the deep end for Glasgow - Telegraph". 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Dave McCall wings in to boost Melrose cause". www.scotsman.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "David MCCALL - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
^ "Kennedy out against Gunners". old.glasgowhawks.com.
^ ^a ^b "Glasgow Warriors | Dave McCall". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
^ "HAPPY IN THE WINGS RUGBY STARLET DAVID McCALL LOVES THE GAME . . . DESPITE A LONG LIST OF INJURIES". HeraldScotland.
^ "Glasgow Warriors | Scotland club men to face Ireland". www.glasgowwarriors.com.

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[1] "David McCall". ESPN scrum.

[2] "Gunners Apprentices in League Action". www.edinburghgunners.org.uk.

[auto4-3] "Scots choose sevens series hopes". 18 October 2006 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

[auto3-4] "Dave McCall goes in at the deep end for Glasgow - Telegraph". 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.

[auto-5] "Dave McCall wings in to boost Melrose cause". www.scotsman.com.

[auto1-6] "David MCCALL - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.

[7] "Kennedy out against Gunners". old.glasgowhawks.com.

[auto2-8] "Glasgow Warriors | Dave McCall". www.glasgowwarriors.com.

[9] "HAPPY IN THE WINGS RUGBY STARLET DAVID McCALL LOVES THE GAME . . . DESPITE A LONG LIST OF INJURIES". HeraldScotland.

[10] "Glasgow Warriors | Scotland club men to face Ireland". www.glasgowwarriors.com.

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