Name George Breckenridge Education High School of Glasgow Weight 80 kg | Height 1.83 m Role Rugby Player | |
George Breckenridge (born 5 September 1964) is a former Scottish rugby union player and now coach. He played for the amateur Glasgow District side before playing for the professional Glasgow side, now Glasgow Warriors.
He became a mainstay in the Glasgow District side. He played in Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which won the Scottish Inter-District Championship outright and remained unbeaten the entire season, beating the touring Fiji national rugby union team into the bargain. He played in all their matches that season. Glasgow Warriors later honoured the 20th anniversary of that season when they played Munster in 2009 in the Magners League opener.
When the district side turned professional in 1996, Breckenridge also turned out for the fledging Glasgow Warriors side. He was Glasgow's top kicker in European Competition for the season 1996-97 scoring 18 points; 3 penalties a-piece in games against Sale Sharks and Clermont (then as Montferrand).
He was capped by Scotland 'A' and Scotland 'B'. It was felt by some that he was overlooked for a senior Scotland cap as Glasgow District - even as Scottish champions - were viewed as somewhat unfashionable by the SRU.
He also played rugby in France and New Zealand.
A former student of the High School of Glasgow, Breckenridge played for Glasgow High Kelvinside for 8 years. When they merged with Glasgow Academicals RFC to form Glasgow Hawks he played another two years with the Hawks.
He coached Ayr RFC to 2004 and - along with Shade Munro - coached an amateur Glasgow District side in 2001. He also coached the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team and Murrayfield Wanderers RFC in 2005.
He became a Backs Coach at Heriots and in 2006-7 was Assistant Coach to the Scotland Club XV side.
He also coached West of Scotland and now coaches Lenzie RFC
He also works for the sports clothing company Canterbury in Glasgow. He is a keen supporter of the District system and would like to see it again expanded beyond Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. He coached a Co-Optimists side containing Glasgow Warriors stars Carlin Isles and Folau Niua in a charity match against Caledonia Reds in 2011. He stated: "Having played for Glasgow, I know what a great honour it is to pull on that jersey."