Adam Ashe (born 24 July 1993 in

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) is a

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international

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coach and former player. He is the Assistant Coach for the Stirling Wolves. He previously played for the

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in the MLR; and for

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. He played at the either number 8 or flanker.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Ashe, a product of Alva Academy, has played rugby for Hillfoots and Stirling County In 2016, he turned out for

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in the Scottish Premiership. Ashe has been drafted to Stirling County in the

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for the 2017–18 season.

Professional career

Ashe was named as an Elite Development Player in 2011, being attached to

. He earned his first cap for Glasgow, coming off the bench in the 78th minute against the Ospreys on 14 September 2012. He is Glasgow Warrior No. 205. He was also named on the bench a week later, but was not used in the 27–10 victory over

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. In addition to playing for Glasgow Warriors, Ashe played in the Super 6 tournament for Stirling County. After leaving the Warriors he played 17 times for the LA Giltinis. He announced his retirement from playing in July 2022 after a neck injury.

International career

Ashe played for the Scotland under-17's team at the Wellington International Festival in 2010, as well as travelling to

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, Spain as a member in a development training squad. He also featured in the Scottish national sevens team for the 2011–12 season, playing in all nine tournament on the Sevens circuit. The following year, Ashe was named in the Scotland under-18's squad for the 2011 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship. In 2013, he played for the Scotland under-20's team in every

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match, which included a man of the match performance against Ireland under-20's. Ashe gained a further five caps for the U20s side in the

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, where Scotland under-20s finished 10th. On 3 April 2014, Ashe was named the recipient for the John McPhail scholarship in 2014. However, midway through his scholarship, Ashe was called up by new Scotland Head Coach

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, for the Scottish national side's test match with

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. He started that match at Number 8, playing the full 80 minutes.

Coaching career

He was a defence coach with the

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rugby union side in his time in Los Angeles. Just three days after Ashe announced his playing career ended, he was announced as the Super 6 side Stirling Wolves assistant coach.

Business career

He is now the Business Club Manager at

, taking over from Jim Taylor MBE.

References

External links

Adam Ashe Glasgow Warriors profile

Adam Ashe Scotland profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe, Adam 1993 births Living people Ayr RFC players Glasgow Warriors players Hillfoots RFC players LA Giltinis players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Livingston, West Lothian Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Stirling County RFC players Scottish expatriate rugby union players in the United States