Iain Sinclair (rugby union)
| Born | Iain Sinclair 7 October 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Edinburgh Business School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iain Sinclair (born 7 October 1976 in Scotland) is a Scottish former Scotland A[1] international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Flanker position. A product of Scottish Schools U16 and U18, Sinclair went on to captain both Glasgow and Scotland at U18, U19 and U21 age group levels.
He played 6 matches for Glasgow in the Heineken Cup in 1997-98 season.[2] Sinclair also played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship of the 1997-98 season for Glasgow against Edinburgh Rugby. Glasgow won the match 36-20.[3]
In 1997, Sinclair captained the Scottish Silver Thistles, an undefeated Scotland Development XV which toured New Zealand.[4]
For the 1998-99 season onwards, Sinclair played for Edinburgh Rugby winning player of the inter-district Tri Series in 1999.[5] He played a further 10 times in the Heineken Cup for Edinburgh between 1998 and 2001.[2]
He played for Watsonians.[6] and Penguin International RFC.
He was a player for the Xodus Steelers, a veteran Scottish Sevens side that contested the Dubai International Veterans Rugby 10's, winning in 2012 and then managing the side in 2013 to back to back victory.[7]
A former Managing Director at Murray Metals, Sinclair is now Executive Director, Global Energy Group.[8]
World-first swim
On September 22, 2025 Sinclair became the first person to swim from the Atlantic to the North Sea along the 60-mile Caledonian Canal. Canal locks were opened so that he could swim uninterrupted. He was aiming to raise £60,000 to help three charities, Crohn’s & Colitis UK, British Heart Foundation, and Mikeysline.[9]
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References
- ^ "Edinburgh v Toulouse: Michael Bradley inspired by Munster's Heineken Cup legacy". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Player Archive : European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)". epcrugby.com.
- ^ "No mean show by the city. Referee's stop-start nightmare is hard to swallow as Hayes makes Edinburgh pay the penalty". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Rugby Union: Silver lining for Scots' stand-in". The Independent. 25 June 1997.
- ^ "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". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Watsonians too hot for Currie".
- ^ "Xodus Steelers> The Team> Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Forth Steel". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Sea2Sea". Retrieved 25 September 2025.