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George Breckenridge (born 5 September 1964)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GEORGE BRECKENRIDGE - GLASGOW )〕 is a former Scottish rugby union player and now coach. He played for the amateur Glasgow District side before playing for the professional Glasgow side, now Glasgow Warriors. He became a mainstay in the Glasgow District side.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rankin and Breckenridge to coach club select side )〕 He played in Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which won the Scottish Inter-District Championship outright and remained unbeaten the entire season, beating the touring Fiji national rugby union team into the bargain. He played in all their matches that season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Underdog tag spurred on our Glasgow title team, says Derek Stark )〕 Glasgow Warriors later honoured the 20th anniversary of that season when they played Munster in 2009 in the Magners League opener.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warriors Honour Winning Greats )〕 When the district side turned professional in 1996, Breckenridge also turned out for the fledging Glasgow Warriors side. He was Glasgow's top kicker in European Competition for the season 1996-97 scoring 18 points; 3 penalties a-piece in games against Sale Sharks〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Match Centre - Amlin Challenge Cup - ERC - Official Website )〕 and Clermont〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AS Montferrand 76-9 Glasgow Rugby : European Rugby Challenge Cup - EPCR - Official Website )〕 (then as Montferrand). He was capped by Scotland 'A'〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rugby Union: PORTUGAL DATE FOR BATES. )〕 and Scotland 'B'.〔 It was felt by some that he was overlooked for a senior Scotland cap as Glasgow District - even as Scottish champions - were viewed as somewhat unfashionable by the SRU.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search )〕 He also played rugby in France and New Zealand.〔 A former student of the High School of Glasgow, Breckenridge played for Glasgow High Kelvinside〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An open bar and traditional rugby are just the ticket )〕〔http://www.calmview.eu/Hubcat/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=BML%2F6%2F1%2F95〕 for 8 years.〔 When they merged with Glasgow Academicals RFC to form Glasgow Hawks he played another two years with the Hawks.〔 He coached Ayr RFC to 2004〔 and - along with Shade Munro - coached an amateur Glasgow District side in 2001. He also coached the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reds seen as blueprint for Glasgow regional side )〕 and Murrayfield Wanderers RFC in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rugby Union: Ayr we go for boss George.(Sport) )〕 He became a Backs Coach at Heriots and in 2006-7 was Assistant Coach to the Scotland Club XV side.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teams Chosen For Club International Trial )〕 He also coached West of Scotland〔 and now coaches Lenzie RFC〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Breckenridge - 1st XV - Lenzie Rugby Club )〕 He also works for the sports clothing company Canterbury in Glasgow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Breckenridge )〕〔http://www.penguinrugby.com/news.asp?s=2&nid=PGN-N10069〕 He is a keen supporter of the District system and would like to see it again expanded beyond Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. He coached a Co-Optimists side containing Glasgow Warriors stars Carlin Isles and Folau Niua in a charity match against Caledonia Reds in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carlin set for Cupar )〕 He stated: "Having played for Glasgow, I know what a great honour it is to pull on that jersey."〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Breckenridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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