Barry Irving (born 31 December 1979 in
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506, situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lo ...
, England) is an English born former Scotland 'A' international rugby union player. He plays at
Fly-half
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16†...
.
Irving qualifies for Scotland as his father was born near Canonbie in Dumfrieshire.
He was capped by Scotland A against New Zealand in 2001,
confirming his Scottish nationality. He was called up for the full Senior squad in 2000 by Ian McGeechan but not used.
He started playing rugby for his local club Sevenoaks but in season 1998-99 he joined London Scottish. He made a try scoring debut for London Scottish against Saracens, four days before his nineteenth birthday.
He joined Glasgow at the start of the 1999-2000 season. Unfortunately he became blighted with injury and had very few run outs with the
Glasgow
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side. He left
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and beca ...
at the end of the 2002-03 season to sign for French side Tarbes who play in the French Pro D2 league. He played 22 matches for the French club but left them after one season.
He then signed for Italian club Amatori Catania. In season 2005-06 he was nominated for Player of the Year in Italy.
He later played for Rugby Parma from 2007-08 season to 2010.
References
External links
ESPN biographyItalian renaissance
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1979 births
Living people
Scottish rugby union players
Glasgow Warriors players
Rugby union players from Sevenoaks
Scotland A international rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
People educated at The Skinners' School
Crociati Parma Rugby FC players
Scottish expatriate rugby union players in Italy
Amatori Catania players