Ed Kalman (born 7 December 1982) is a former

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internationalist, who played for

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in the

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. He played as a prop; both at tighthead and loosehead.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Having moved to Scotland from an early age, Kalman went to

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in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. He joined the local rugby club

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. He played for the Glasgow District team for their under-20s from 2000–2002. Kalman studied Physics at Durham University. He was a member of the Durham University rugby side that won the 2004 BUSA final at

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. From the north-east he then moved to

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. He was at tight head in the Cambridge University R.U.F.C. team who beat Oxford in the 2005 University match at

. He played in a Gael Force team formed by the SRU to play in the British and Irish Cup.

Professional career

In the north-east of England he was signed by

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academy. He played one loan game for

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, then as Leeds Tykes. He joined the

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in summer 2006 and his competition debut for Reivers was a replacement against Connacht at Netherdale on the opening day of the 2006–07 Magners League, and he had his first start the following month in the victory against another Irish province, Leinster, also at Netherdale. His first Reivers try was in the

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victory against Overmach Parma at Netherdale in October 2006. Ed Kalman joined

from the Reivers after the closure of the Borders pro-team in 2007. The prop signed a new deal with the Warriors in 2011. He retired from playing rugby union at the end of season 2013–14 due to a back injury.

International career

Ed made his first appearance in a national context as a replacement for Scotland A against their Australian counterparts at

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, in November 2006. He also had a replacement role in the A international victory against Italy on the same ground three months later. In January 2012, he was called up to Scotland's senior squad for the

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Teaching career

With his physics background at Durham University, he became a physics teacher and given his rugby background, the first team rugby coach; to

Strathallan School Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 7–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staf ...

, Perthshire in 2014

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalman, Ed 1982 births People educated at Belmont House School Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Living people Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Border Reivers players Rugby union props Scotland 'A' international rugby union players Whitecraigs RFC players Durham University RFC players Gael Force players Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham