Calum Cusiter (born 21 October 1980 in

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, Scotland), is a retired

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7s international

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player, formerly of

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and

Border Reivers Border Reivers were Cattle raiding, raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border. They included both Scotland, Scottish and England, English people, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality.Hay, D. "E ...

. Cusiter played at Scrum-Half. He is the elder brother of former Scotland captain

Chris Cusiter Christopher Peter Cusiter (born 13 June 1982) is a retired Scottish international rugby union player who played at scrum-half. He played for teams including Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and Perpignan before ending his career at Sale Sharks ...

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Cusiter played for

Boroughmuir Boroughmuir RFC is a rugby union club in the Scottish Rugby Union. The club's home ground is Meggetland, in southwest Edinburgh and the club plays in the , where they are known as the Boroughmuir Bears. Founded in 1919 and admitted to the SRU ...

at amateur level. He also represented Edinburgh District when the

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returned to its amateur roots during the Scottish professional teams sojourn in the Welsh-Scottish League.

Professional career

In season 2005-06, Cusiter joined Glasgow Warriors on a trial. He played once that season for the Glasgow side, coming on as a substitute in the pre-season match against rivals

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...

. Edinburgh won the match 24 - 7. In season 2006-07 Cusiter started with Glasgow Warriors. He played in Glasgow's match against the Scotland U20 team in November 2006. He was shortly afterwards loaned out and played for

at professional level for the rest of that season.

International career

Cusiter played for the Scotland Under 21 side in 1999. He also played for the Scotland Club XV international side in 2006. He played for Scotland in the Club XV international match against Ireland. Cusiter was called into the Scotland 7's squad in 2007, playing in both the New Zealand and USA legs of the series.

References

External links

Pro12 Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cusiter, Calum 1980 births Living people Border Reivers players Boroughmuir RFC players Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Glasgow Warriors players Male rugby sevens players Scotland Club XV international rugby union players Scotland international rugby sevens players Scottish rugby union players Rugby union players from Aberdeen