Allister Hogg

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Allister Hogg
Personal information
Full name Allister Hogg
Date of birth 20 January 1983 (1983-01-20) (age 25)
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 16 st 7 lbs (105 kg)
Nickname(s) Ally, Hoggy
School(s) attended Stirling High School
University(s) Telford College
Scottish Institute of Sport
Club information
Position(s) Flanker / Number Eight
Current club Edinburgh Rugby
Number 6, 7, 8
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
Edinburgh Rugby
Representative teams
2004 ‐ Scotland 39 (45)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Allister Hogg is a Scottish Rugby Union player, he was born on 20 January 1983, in Stirling, Scotland) plays rugby union at either flanker or number eight for Edinburgh Gunners and Scotland, and makes a formidable partnership with Simon Taylor at both club and country level.

A product of Stirling High School, Allister has also played basketball for Scotland at under-16 level. He graduated from Telford College in Edinburgh with an HND in Sports Coaching & Sports Development.

Allister made his debut against Wales at Cardiff in 2004, a match Scotland lost 23-10, aged 21. He has established himself as one of Scotland's best players. His pace, strength, skill, and work ethic have already gone some way to gaining him international recognition. All Blacks open-side flanker Richie McCaw rated him as one of the best back rows in the game, shortly after he missed being selected for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.

Ally Hogg was named Edinburgh's first team captain in the summer of 2007 (alongside Simon Cross) and went on to become the first Scotland forward in 20 years to score a hat-trick of tries in one match when he plundered a treble during the 42-0 World Cup win over Romania in September 2007.

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