Craig Joiner (born 21 April 1974) is a Scottish retired rugby union player who won 25

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playing on the wing for the Scottish rugby union side between 1994 and 2000.

Early life

Craig Joiner born on 21 April 1974 in

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

, Scotland. He was educated at

Merchiston Castle School Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled ...

Rugby career

He joined

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

, and often played at outside centre, but returned to Scotland in 2000. He joined

Stewart's Melville RFC Stewart's Melville RFC is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in Scottish National League Division Two, the third tier of Scottish club rugby. Home matches are played at Inverleith Sports Ground, Inverleith; this ...

in 2005.

Personal life

He is the brother of racing cyclist

Charline Joiner Charline Jones (née Joiner; born 18 April 1988) is a Scottish former racing cyclist from Dunfermline, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the team sprint. Personal life In 2018, she married Glasgow Warriors and Scotland r ...

. Joiner retired from professional rugby in 2015 to pursue a career in

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. He initially joined Cornelian Asset Managers where he undertook his professional qualifications before moving on to join

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in 2010.

References

External links

Craig Joiner on Sporting Heroes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joiner, Craig 1974 births Living people Scottish rugby union players People educated at Merchiston Castle School Leicester Tigers players Alumni of Loughborough University Scotland international rugby union players Melrose RFC players Edinburgh Rugby players Stewart's Melville RFC players Rugby union players from Glasgow Rugby union centres 1995 Rugby World Cup players