Calum Forrester (born 3 October 1986) is a Scottish

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coach who formerly played professionally for

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. He also played for the Scotland 7s and

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national teams.

Early life

Forrester attended

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. He had two years at

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studying sports science and also enrolled in the

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. Forrester was a member of Scottish Rugby's National Rugby Academy and has a Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award.Calum Forrester at glasgowwarriors.com
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International career

Forrester was a member of the Scotland Sevens squad for the 2004

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, Australia. He made his national team debut during the 2005–06

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, playing in the 2006

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and

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tournaments. He played in four tournaments for the 2006–07 series and, after being selected to play for the Rugby Ecosse at the

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in October 2007, he continued in the Scotland squad for the 2007 tournaments in Dubai and George. He represented Scotland at the 2005 IRB Under 19 World Championship, playing in all the team's matches at

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. Forrester also played for Scotland at the under-21 World Championship in 2006, joining the squad after the pool stage as a replacement for injured player

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, and played as a substitute in the 46–14 win against Georgia in

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. Forrester played for Scotland A, as part of the team that won the

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in Romania.

Domestic career

Forester joined professional side the

in 2006, but continued to play at Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians (GHA) until 2008, before being selected to join

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in August of that year, where he played until 2014. He made his

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debut for the Warriors as a replacement in the away match against the

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in September 2006. Forrester was played for the Warriors over a six-season span up to the 2011–12 season. He was also in the Scottish Thistles squad who won the

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club's 125th anniversary sevens in April 2008.

Coaching

Following two years as club captain at

, Forrester took up the head coach position at the club in 2014. He won the BT Premiership in 2017 with a 12–8 victory over Melrose in the Grand Final.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrester, Calum 1986 births Living people Alumni of the Open University Alumni of the University of Glasgow Ayr RFC players Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC players Glasgow Warriors players Male rugby sevens players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Glasgow Scotland international rugby sevens players Scottish rugby union players