| Birth name | Robert Eric Paxton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Paxton (born 4 April 1957) is a former Scotland national team international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Paxton played for Kelso. He played for them in two championship winning sides.
He captained the Co-Optimists in 1986 when they played in the Hong Kong Sevens.
Provincial career
He played for South of Scotland District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.
International career
He was capped by Scotland 'B' twice, the first time on 7 March 1981 against France 'B'. Scotland 'B' won the match 18-4. M
He was capped twice by the full senior Scotland side, both times in 1982. He played against Ireland at Lansdowne Rd, and Australia at the Sydney Cricket ground.
Coaching career
He was the head coach of the Border Reivers when the Scottish game turned professional in 1996.
He took over as head coach of Biggar in 1997.
References
- "Robert Eric Paxton". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19901005/189/0017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Eric Paxton - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19820707/282/0016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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