Colin Telfer

Colin Telfer

Birth name	Colin McLeod Telfer
Date of birth	(1947-02-26) 26 February 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Hawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Hawick () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - South of Scotland District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1968-76 Scotland 17 (18) Coaching career Years Team 1984 Scotland

Colin McLeod Telfer (born 26 February 1947, in Hawick)[1] is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at fly-half.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to the Royal High School in Edinburgh, but did not go on to play for Royal HSFP.

He instead played for Hawick.[2]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District and captained the side.[3]

International career

He was capped seventeen times for Scotland between 1968 and 1976.[1][4]

Coaching career

He was Head Coach of Scotland in 1984.

References

1. player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
2. Jones, p43,4
3. "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
4. "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Colin Telfer – Test matches".

Bibliography

• Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.
• Bath, Richard ed (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
• Jones, J.R. (1976). Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football. Robert Hale, London, ISBN 0-7091-5394-5.

Preceded by Jim Telfer

Scotland national rugby union team coach 1984

Succeeded by Derrick Grant