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Rory Sutherland (rugby Union)
Rory Sutherland (born 24 August 1992) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Ulster Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Education Sutherland is a former Trinity Primary and Hawick High School pupil. Playing career Sutherland came through the ranks with his hometown club and school sides before representing the Borders and Scotland at under-17 and under-18 in the back-row. He switched to loose-head prop during his first season of senior rugby at Hawick RFC, Hawick and, after a season with Biggar RFC, Biggar, caught the attention of RBS Premiership runners-up and Border League winners Gala RFC, Gala. In 2017, Sutherland suffered a serious adductor injury that threatened his career and required him to spend time in a wheelchair. While on the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa it was announced that Sutherland would join Worcester Warriors ahead of the 2021/22 season. On 5 October 2022 all Warriors players had their contracts terminated due to the liquid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melrose, Scotland
Melrose ( gd, Maolros, "bald moor") is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council. History The original Melrose was ''Mailros'', meaning "the bare peninsula" in Old Welsh or Brythonic. This referred to a neck of land by the River Tweed several miles east of the present town, where in the 6th century a monastery was founded associated with St Cuthbert. It was recorded by Bede, and also in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle with the name ''Magilros''. This monastery and settlement, later known as "Old Melrose", were long abandoned by the 12th century. King David I of Scotland took the throne in 1124, and sought to create a new Cistercian monastery on that site; however the monks preferred a site further west called "Fordel". So the monastery now known as Melrose Abbey was founded there in 1136, and the town of Melrose grew up on its present site around it. In the late Middle A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |