{{short description|Scottish rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Calum Forrester | image = CalumForrester.jpg | caption = Forrester in 2008 | birth_name = Calum Rudolph Forrester | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|10|03|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}{{hsp}}<ref name=espn-profile/> | weight = {{convert|218|lb|kg|abbr=on}}{{hsp}}<ref name=espn-profile/> | position = Flanker | ru_currentteam = | amatyears1 = 2005–08 | amatyears2 = 2008–14 | amatteam1 = GHA Rugby | amatteam2 = Ayr RFC | years1 = 2006–12 | clubs1 = Glasgow Warriors{{hsp}}<ref name=its-rugby/> | apps1 = 42 | points1 = 5 | ru_clubupdate = 5 May 2012 | repyears1 = 2004 | repyears2 = 2005 | repyears3 = 2006 | repyears4 = 2009–10{{hsp}}<ref name=its-rugby-int/> | repteam1 = Scotland U18 | repteam2 = Scotland U19 | repteam3 = Scotland U21 | repteam4 = Scotland A | repcaps1 = 1 | repcaps2 = 7 | repcaps3 = 2 | repcaps4 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 0 | reppoints3 = 0 | reppoints4 = 5 | ru_ntupdate = 20 June 2010 | repsevensyears1 = 2006–07 | repsevensteam1 = Scotland 7s | repsevenscomp1 = 8 | coachyears1 = 2015–18 | coachteams1 = Ayr RFC }} '''Calum Forrester''' (born 3 October 1986) is a Scottish rugby union coach who formerly played professionally for Glasgow Warriors.<ref name=espn-profile/><ref name=dr-2016/> He also played for the Scotland 7s and Scotland A national teams.<ref name=gha-2009/>
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==Early life== Forrester attended Hutchesons Grammar School. He had two years at Glasgow University studying sports science and also enrolled in the Open University. Forrester was a member of Scottish Rugby's National Rugby Academy and has a Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award.<ref name=Warriors>[http://www.glasgowwarriors.com/articles/player/005051.php Calum Forrester at glasgowwarriors.com]</ref>
==International career== Forrester was a member of the Scotland Sevens squad for the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia.<ref name=edin-7s-2008/> He made his national team debut during the 2005–06 IRB Sevens World Series, playing in the 2006 London Sevens and Edinburgh Sevens tournaments.<ref name=eng-fra-7s-2006/> He played in four tournaments for the 2006–07 series and, after being selected to play for the Rugby Ecosse at the Singapore Sevens in October 2007, he continued in the Scotland squad for the 2007 tournaments in Dubai and George.<ref name=rsa-7s-2007/>
He represented Scotland at the 2005 IRB Under 19 World Championship,<ref name=espn-u19-2005/> playing in all the team's matches at Durban in South Africa.<ref name=Warriors/> Forrester also played for Scotland at the under-21 World Championship in 2006,<ref name=espn-u21-2006/> joining the squad after the pool stage as a replacement for injured player Johnnie Beattie, and played as a substitute in the 46–14 win against Georgia in Issoire.<ref name=Warriors/>
Forrester played for Scotland A,<ref name=gha-2009/> as part of the team that won the 2009 IRB Nations Cup in Romania.<ref name=its-rugby-int/>
==Domestic career== Forester joined professional side the Glasgow Warriors in 2006,<ref name=bbc-2006/> but continued to play at Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians (GHA) until 2008, before being selected to join Ayr RFC in August of that year,{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} where he played until 2014.<ref name=tol-2018/>
He made his Celtic League debut for the Warriors as a replacement in the away match against the Cardiff Blues in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardiff Blues 27-9 Glasgow |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/cardiff_blues/5357392.stm |website=BBC Sport |access-date=9 December 2018 |date=22 September 2006}}</ref> Forrester was played for the Warriors over a six-season span up to the 2011–12 season.<ref name=its-rugby/>
He was also in the Scottish Thistles squad who won the Melrose club's 125th anniversary sevens in April 2008.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
==Coaching career== Following two years as club captain at Ayr RFC, Forrester took up the head coach position at the club in 2014.<ref name=tol-2018>{{cite web |title=Forrester steps down as Ayr head coach|url=https://theoffsideline.com/forrester-steps-ayr-head-coach/|website=The Offside Line |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=8 December 2018}}</ref> He won the BT Premiership in 2017 with a 12–8 victory over Melrose in the Grand Final.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=David |title=BT Premiership Grand Final: Melrose 8-12 Ayr |url=https://theoffsideline.com/bt-premiership-grand-final-melrose-8-12-ayr/ |website=The Offside Line |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=15 April 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|25em|refs=
<ref name=dr-2016>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Mike |title=Ayr rugby coach Calum Forrester wins scholarship to New Zealand |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/rugby/ayr-rugby-coach-calum-forrester-7960479 |accessdate=9 December 2018 |work=Daily Record |date=23 May 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=gha-2009>{{cite web |title=Forrester heading for Bucharest |url=http://gharugby.co.uk/forrester-heading-for-bucharest/ |website=GHA Rugby |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=26 May 2009}}</ref>
<ref name=bbc-2006>{{cite news |title=Scots choose sevens series hopes |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/6064810.stm |access-date=9 December 2018 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 October 2006}}</ref>
<ref name=espn-profile>{{cite web |title=Calum Forrester Scotland |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/87236.html |website=espn.co.uk |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=its-rugby-int>{{cite web |title=Calum Forrester – International |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-international-6144.html |website=It's Rugby |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=its-rugby>{{cite web |title=Calum Forrester |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-6144.html |website=It's Rugby |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=rsa-7s-2007>{{cite web |title=Scotland 7s set for Samoa rematch |url=http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15400789/scotland-7s-set-samoa-rematch |website=ESPN |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=6 December 2007}}</ref>
<ref name=eng-fra-7s-2006>{{cite web |title=Scots name sevens squad for Paris and London |url=http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15384737/scots-name-sevens-squad-paris-london |website=ESPN |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=16 May 2006}}</ref>
<ref name=edin-7s-2008>{{cite web |title=Sevens Wonders |website=Edinburgh 7s |url=http://www.edinburgh7s.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=60 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131700/http://www.edinburgh7s.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=60 |archivedate=22 January 2008 |access-date=9 December 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=espn-u19-2005>{{cite news |title=Seven changes for young Scots |url=http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15378977/seven-changes-young-scots |work=ESPN |date=4 April 2005}}</ref>
<ref name=espn-u21-2006>{{cite web |title=Scotland U21s' try-fest at Georgia's expense |url=http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15391804/scotland-u21s-try-fest-georgia-expense |website=ESPN |accessdate=9 December 2018 |date=21 June 2006}}</ref>
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