Scott Spedding

{{Short description|France international rugby union player (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Scott Spedding | image = File:USO-AB - 20131221 - Scott Spedding.jpg | caption = Spedding playing for Bayonne in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Krugersdorp, South Africa | height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on|frac=2}} | weight = {{convert|97|kg|lb stlb}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/france/player/49569|title=Rugby World Cup|work=rugbyworldcup.com}}</ref> | position = Full back | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | provinceyears1 = 2005–2008 | province1 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}} | provinceapps1 = 10 | provincepoints1 = 58 | ru_provinceupdate = | years1 = 2008–2012 | clubs1 = Brive | apps1 = 79 | points1 = 61 | years2 = 2012–2015 | clubs2 = Bayonne | apps2 = 78 | points2 = 71 | years3 = 2015–2018 | clubs3 = Clermont | apps3 = 55 | points3 = 59 | years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = Castres | apps4 = 15 | points4 = 18 | ru_clubupdate = | superyears1 = 2006 | super1 = Sharks | superapps1 = 1 | superpoints1 = 0 | super14update = | repyears1 = 2006 | repteam1 = South Africa U21 | repcaps1 = 5 | reppoints1 = 17 | repyears2 = 2014–2017 | repteam2 = France | repcaps2 = 23 | reppoints2 = 26 | ru_ntupdate = }}

'''Scott Spedding''' (born 4 May 1986) is a retired French rugby union player. His position was as fullback and he last played for Castres Olympique in the Top 14. He retired in 2019.

Spedding attended St. John's College, Johannesburg from 2000 to 2004 where he captained the first XV Rugby team. He was in the same boarding house and matriculated one year after four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome.

In 2008, Spedding moved to France to play with Brive in the Top 14. After seven years of living in France, Spedding gained French nationality in 2014. In January 2015 he was named in the France 31-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship by coach Philippe Saint-André.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/30832205|title=Six Nations 2015: Noa Nakaitaci named in France squad|date=15 January 2015 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref> He debuted for France on 8 November 2014 against Fiji.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In May 2019, Spedding announced his retirement from rugby.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/international/former-sa-junior-fullback-scott-spedding-calls-it-a-day-in-france-23335644|title=Former SA Junior fullback Scott Spedding calls it a day in France|date=16 May 2019 |work=IOL |accessdate=19 October 2019}}</ref> He was also a guest pundit on Supersport during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

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==External links== * {{Sport links}} *[http://www.rugbyworld.com/countries/france-countries/top-14-bayonnes-scott-spedding-season-ahead-38212]

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