Greig Laidlaw

Greig Laidlaw

Birth name	Greig David Laidlaw
Date of birth	(1985-10-12) 12 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
School	Jedburgh Grammar School
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby union player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half / Fly-Half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2014 Edinburgh Rugby 137 (598) 2014–2017 Gloucester 59 (559) 2017–2020 Clermont Auvergne 58 (408) 2020–2023 Urayasu D-Rocks 18 (96) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2006 Scotland U21 14 (0) 2008–2011 Scotland A 10 (0) 2011–2019 Scotland 76 (714) 2017 British & Irish Lions 0 (0) 2018 Barbarians 1 (7) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2008–2010 Scotland 7s 8

Greig Laidlaw (born 12 October 1985) is a Scottish former professional rugby union player who played as a scrum-half and as a fly-half. Laidlaw holds the record for most caps as captain, 39, of the Scottish national team. He also represented the British & Irish Lions in 2017.

Although Laidlaw was a scrum half, he is often used as the first-choice goal kicker by his teams. Laidlaw scored over 700 points for Scotland in his career and is one of the highest points scorers in rugby union history.