Fergus Wallace (born 2 February 1965) is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Rugby, now known as Glasgow Warriors. He played as a flanker.
| Birth name | Fergus Donald Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1965[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kelvinside Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Murray Wallace, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editWallace's playing career straddled the amateur and professional era.
He began his club career with Clarkston before moving on to Glasgow High Kelvinside, Boroughmuir, Hamilton and Glasgow Hawks.
Provincial career
editHe captained the amateur Glasgow District in season 1989-90 when they famously won the Scottish Inter-District Championship that season, and were unbeaten the entire season, also beating the touring Fiji international side.[2] He captained the Glasgow District side for 6 years.[3]
As the Flanker named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Wallace has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 6 for the provincial side.
He played for the professional Glasgow side in the Heineken Cup in 1997-98. Glasgow got to the European Cup's quarter-finals that year, which remains the Glasgow Warriors best joint-equal performance in that competition.[3]
International career
editFergus narrowly missed out on a full Scotland international cap. He has stated "Not getting a full cap was disappointing and I think I might have got in if they had selected the team differently in 1994. I was in the Scotland A side that beat South Africa at The Greenyards and had a good game, scoring our try, but strangely they had picked the Scotland team for the Test match before the A game."[4] However he now jokes about this; he told the St. Andrews Sporting Club: "I was often compared to the Lions great, Willie John McBride. Yes, folk would say to me: 'Compared to Willie John McBride, you're rubbish!'" [5]
Wallace did however get capped by Scotland A and Scotland Sevens and also captained a Scotland XV against Zimbabwe.[3] He also played for a veteran British and Irish Lions side in 2001.[6]
Administration
editHe moved back to rugby becoming the Business Development Manager of Glasgow Warriors in November 2011.[3]
Outside of rugby
editOn leaving rugby Fergus became a painter and decorator, then a chartered surveyor.[3] He also worked with networking companies Laads Consultancy and Klas International.[7]
In December 2014 he moved to become the Head of Sports Partnerships at House of Fraser.[7]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fergus Wallace - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "HAWKS COACH FERGUS WALLACE LOOKS BACK". glasgowhawks.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Fergus Wallace Joins As Business Development Manager". scottishrugby.org.
- ^ "Former Glasgow flanker and captain ready to help the Warriors capture more silverware". Herald Scotland.
- ^ The Herald Diary: Fur Goodness' Sake! By Ken Smith
- ^ "BBC SPORT - RUGBY UNION - Veteran Lions roar to victory". bbc.co.uk. 21 November 2001.
- ^ a b https://uk.linkedin.com/in/fergusdwallace [self-published source]