{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Daniel Ablett | image = | caption = | birth_name = Daniel Ablett | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|04|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|89|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | position = Centre | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Boroughmuir | amatteam2 = Glasgow Academicals | amatteam3 = Glasgow Hawks | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = Scotland Schools | repteam2 = Scotland U21 | repyears1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = 1997-98 | clubs1 = Glasgow Warriors | apps1 = 2 | points1 = 0 }} '''Daniel Ablett''' is a former Scotland Under 21 international rugby union player. A centre, he played professionally for Glasgow Warriors.<ref name="auto1">[https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glasgow-files/files/Player_Numbers.pdf Player numbers] {{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is now a surgeon.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/profiles/consultant/6026599|title=Daniel Ablett - Consultant Profile - NHS|website=www.nhs.uk}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
Ablett went to Boroughmuir High School and then played rugby for Boroughmuir.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12615268.four-late-tries-put-schools-in-charge/|title=Four late tries put Schools in charge|website=HeraldScotland|date=29 March 1993 }}</ref> Switching to play in Glasgow, he then played for Glasgow Academicals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12048966.new-zealand-influence-helps-prepare-for-a-famous-victory-accies-greene-with-envy-of-coaching-skill/|title=New Zealand influence helps prepare for a famous victory Accies Greene with envy of coaching skill|website=HeraldScotland|date=April 1996 }}</ref>
On the Academicals merger with Glasgow High Kelvinside he then turned out for the newly formed team Glasgow Hawks.
===Professional career===
Ablett first played for Glasgow Warriors in the pre-season matches against Sale Sharks on 16 August 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12320729.sale-defeat-will-give-glasgow-lessons-for-the-euro-build-up/|title=Sale defeat will give Glasgow lessons for the Euro build-up|website=HeraldScotland|date=18 August 1997 }}</ref> and against Caledonia Reds on 28 August 1997, coming on as a replacement for Alan Bulloch in the 65th minute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12294041.glasgow-victorious-in-hard-playing-conditions-lack-of-continuity-in-play-blamed-on-new-sru-refereeing-directive/|title=Glasgow victorious in hard playing conditions Lack of continuity in play blamed on new SRU refereeing directive|website=HeraldScotland|date=29 August 1997 }}</ref>
He played for Glasgow Warriors in the European Rugby Cup (then known as the Heineken Cup). He made his competitive debut for the club as a replacement in the match against Swansea on 21 September 1997 - a 35–21 win for the provincial Glasgow side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epcrugby.com/matchcentre/16798.php|title=Glasgow Rugby 35-21 Swansea : Match Centre | Heineken Cup | ERC | Official Website|date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320103239/https://epcrugby.com/matchcentre/16798.php|archive-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> He thus earned the Glasgow Warrior No. 39.<ref name="auto1"/>
He made his next appearance, again in the Heineken Cup, playing in the away match against English side Wasps in a 43–5 defeat for the Glasgow side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epcrugby.com/matchcentre/17202.php|title=London Wasps 43-5 Glasgow Rugby : Match Centre | Heineken Cup | ERC | Official Website|date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128075549/https://epcrugby.com/matchcentre/17202.php|archive-date=2016-01-28}}</ref>
===International career=== Ablett played for Scotland Schools<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/rugby-union-heineken-cup-team-news-1241490.html|title=Rugby Union: Heineken Cup - Team news|date=October 22, 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref> and then Scotland Under 21 sides.<ref>[http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/35555/hawksrollofhonour_124605.pdf Hawks roll of honour] pitchero.com</ref>
==Royal Navy career== Ablett served in the Royal Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowhawks.com/news/two-minutes-of-silence-a-lifetime-of-thanks-2066869.html|title=StackPath|website=www.glasgowhawks.com}}</ref> He served in Afghanistan as a Lieutenant Surgeon and was awarded the Operational Service Medal by the Duchess of Cornwall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/afghanistan/I39ll-never-forget-pal-who.5495912.jp|title=I'll never forget pal who didn't make it - Edinburgh Evening News|date=October 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018154908/http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/afghanistan/I39ll-never-forget-pal-who.5495912.jp|archive-date=2009-10-18}}</ref>
==Medical career== He is now a consultant surgeon at the University Hospitals in the north midlands of England.<ref name="auto"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
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