Ross McCann

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Ross McCann
Date of birth (1997-10-30) October 30, 1997 (age 24)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2017-Present Scotland
2021 Great Britain
Correct as of 26 July 2021

Ross McCann (born 30 October 1997) is a Scottish rugby player who plays as a winger.[1]

From a sporting family, his brothers Alistair McCann, who is a footballer who plays for Preston North End F.C., and Lewis McCann who plays for Dunfermline F.C. are all from Edinburgh, born to an English mother and a Northern Irish father.[2]

Ross McCann went to school in Cramond and then the Royal High School, Edinburgh and was a school friend of Charlie Shiel with whom he also played for the Royal High Corstorphine RFC and represented the under-20s for Scotland together. McCann went on then to play for Stewart's Melville RFC and Melrose RFC.[3] He signed a full-time contract to play in Scotland’s sevens squad in 2018.

In March 2021 he was named in the Great Britain Rugby Sevens training squad ahead of the 2020 Summer Games.[4] On 18 June, 2021 McCann was confirmed in the official Britain squad to travel to Tokyo.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ross McCann". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  2. ^ Forsyth, Paul. "Meet the McCanns: Ross, Ali, Lewis (and Scott) uphold family tradition". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. ^ January 2019, Gary Heatly Friday 25. "After growing up on the same street, two Scotland youngsters are on different roads to stardom". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. ^ "Borderers picked for Olympic rugby sevens squads". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. ^ "Five Scots make GB Olympic sevens squads". BBC Sport. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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