Rory Lawson

Rory Lawson

Rory Lawson in 2023
Birth name	Rory Gordon MacGregor Lawson
Date of birth	(1981-03-12) 12 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1]
School	Dollar Academy
Notable relative(s)	Alan Lawson Bill McLaren Jim Thompson
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Heriot's FP () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2006 Edinburgh Rugby 22 (13) 2006–2012 Gloucester 151 (80) 2012–2013 Newcastle Falcons 23 (12) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2010 2012 Scotland 31 (0) (0)

Rory Lawson (born 12 March 1981) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played his career in Scotland and England as a scrum half. He won 31 caps for Scotland.

He attended Dollar Academy where he captained the school's 1st XV. After a number of years playing amateur rugby for Heriots he then took a professional contract with Edinburgh Gunners in 2003 but in the summer of 2006 moved to the Guinness Premiership side Gloucester.

He gained his first international cap against Australia in the autumn of 2006, coming on as a substitute. He faced strong competition for the scrum-half position in the Scotland side from Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter, both of whom were British and Irish Lions.^[2] but still managed to captain Scotland. Lawson was a member of Scotland's 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He joined Newcastle Falcons in 2012.

On 7 August 2013, Lawson announced his retirement from rugby on medical advice, due to a chronic wrist injury.^[3]