Moray Low (born 28 November 1984 in

Torphins Torphins ( ; ) is a village in River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980 road, A980, about north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of ...

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) is a retired

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player. Low's position of choice is as a

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. He is capable of playing on both sides of the scrum. He was called up to the

squad for the

2008 Six Nations Championship The 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, the 114th series of the international championship. Fifteen ...

, where he made his debut coming on as a second substitute for Alasdair Dickinson against

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in the

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. Low was named in the Scotland squad for the

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but played no part in any of Scotland's four games. It was announced on 16 February 2014 that Low will be joining English

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side

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on a two-year deal. He would go on to spend five years with the Chiefs reaching three Premiership Finals in that time. In May 2019, Low announced his retirement from Rugby. It was revealed he planned to focus on a property development business he had set up with former team-mate and Exeter Chiefs defense coach

Julian Salvi Julian Salvi (born 9 October 1985), is an Australian rugby union player and coach, who currently works for the Georgia national rugby union team. Playing career The Canberra junior and former Australian Schools and Under 21s captain enhanced ...

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