Rugby player
| Birth name | Steven Griffiths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Morecambe, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Griffiths (born 4 August 1973 in Morecambe, England) is an English born former Scotland A international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors - then known as Glasgow Caledonians - at the Lock position.
He qualified for Scotland as his mother was born in Edinburgh. Confirming his Scottish nationality by playing for the Scottish national 'A' side, he played 9 times at Scotland A level.
Starting with Orrell in 1995-96 season, Griffiths then was signed by London Scottish for the next season, before then moving to Leeds Tykes in for the 1997-98 season.
He played 26 times for Leeds Tykes in the 1998-99 season before moving to Scotland to play for Glasgow Caledonians.
He was to play 54 times for the professional Glasgow provincial side.
Griffiths had to retire from rugby in November 2002 due to a neck injury.
References
- ^ "Rugby Union | Celtic | Griffiths forced to retire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- "Steven Griffiths Player matches All competitions All seasons". Statbunker.
- "Squad - 1st Team - Rugby - Yorkshire Carnegie - Official Site : Players". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Peter Donald and David Kelso (2 November 2002). "Scottish Rugby: Cusiter to spark cup points spree". Telegraph.co.uk.