Ross McCann
Date of birth | 30 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross McCann (born 30 October 1997) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays on the wing.[1]
From a sporting family, he and his brothers Ali 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] He also represented Scotland at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. [6]
In October 2023 McCann made his debut for Edinburgh against Dragons RFC. He went on to sign a two-year contract with Edinburgh starting in summer 2024.[7]
In January 2024 he was named in the Scotland squad for the Six Nations on 16 January 2024.[8]
In June 2024 McCann was added to the Scotland squad for the summer tour to the Americas.[9] He made his Scotland debut against Canada on 6 July 2024, coming on as a replacement.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ross McCann". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ Forsyth, Paul. "Meet the McCanns: Ross, Ali, Lewis (and Scott) uphold family tradition". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Borderers picked for Olympic rugby sevens squads". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Five Scots make GB Olympic sevens squads". BBC Sport. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Rugby 7s Teams Announced for Birmingham 2022". www.teamscotland.scot. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "SEVENS STAR MCCANN COMPLETES CAPITAL HOMECOMING". edinburghrugby.org. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "DARGE AND RUSSELL NAMED CO-CAPTAINS SQUAD UPDATE". scottishrugby.org. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "MCCANN CALLED UP FOR SKYSCANNER AMERICAS TOUR". edinburghrugby.org. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Scottish rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games
- European Games medalists in rugby sevens
- European Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Scottish people of English descent
- Melrose RFC players
- Stewart's Melville RFC players
- People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Scotland international rugby union players