Eric Paxton
| Birth name | Robert Eric Paxton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 April 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Paxton (born 4 April 1957) is a former Scotland national team international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Paxton played for Kelso. He played for them in two championship winning sides.[2]
He captained the Co-Optimists in 1986 when they played in the Hong Kong Sevens.[3]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for South of Scotland District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
International career
[edit]He was capped by Scotland 'B' twice, the first time on 7 March 1981 against France 'B'. Scotland 'B' won the match 18-4.[5] M
He was capped twice by the full senior Scotland side, both times in 1982. He played against Ireland at Lansdowne Rd, and Australia at the Sydney Cricket ground.[6][7]
Coaching career
[edit]He was the head coach of the Border Reivers when the Scottish game turned professional in 1996.[8]
He took over as head coach of Biggar in 1997.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Eric Paxton". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19901005/189/0017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19860225/298/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19881231/205/0031 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Eric Paxton - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19820707/282/0016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961223/337/0018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004935/19980527/077/0078 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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