Calum MacRae

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Calum MacRae (born 26 January 1980 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the head coach for Benetton.{{cite web|url=https://benettonrugby.it/calum-macrae-sara-il-nuovo-capo-allenatore-dei-leoni/|work=Benetton Rugby|title=CALUM MACRAE SARÀ IL NUOVO CAPO ALLENATORE DEI LEONI|date=2025-03-26}} He was head coach of the Scotland rugby 7s team 2014–2017.

Playing career

MacRae played rugby union as a centre and had also operated at fullback and fly-half.

After age grade rugby he played for a four-year period on the IRB Sevens World Series along with playing in the Celtic league for the Borders. He played his final tournament for Scotland at the 2005 RWC Sevens in Hong Kong. Following this he was in Frank Hadden's Scotland Training Squad for a 4-year period, however, MacRae never gained full honours. His international 15's career mainly consisted of three consecutive Churchill Cup Tournaments.

He was called up to the Scotland squad for the autumn tests in 2006{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/scottish/5384864.stm|title=Seven new faces in Scotland squad|publisher=BBC|date=2006-09-27|accessdate=2010-08-29}} and for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7127413.stm|title=Scots call up for in-form quartet|publisher=BBC|date=2007-12-04|accessdate=2008-02-01}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/scottish/7175027.stm|title=Murray left out of Scotland squad|publisher=BBC|date=2008-01-08|accessdate=2008-02-01}}

In 2009 he signed for Worcester Warriors.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/aug/24/worcester-calum-macrae-edinburgh-premiership |title=Worcester sign Edinburgh's Calum MacRae |work=The Guardian |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=15 September 2014}}

Coaching career

He worked as a skills and attack coach at Newcastle Falcons from June 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27870917 |title=Calum MacRae to become Scotland Sevens coach |work=BBC News |date=16 June 2014 |accessdate=15 September 2014}}

In June 2014 it was announced that he would take over as the coach for the Scotland national rugby union 7's team for the 2014–15 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/latest/scotland-7s-confirm-calum-macrae-as-new-coach-1-3445659 |title=Scotland 7s confirm Calum MacRae as new coach |work=The Scotsman |date=16 June 2014 |accessdate=15 September 2014}}

In May 2017 he was announced as defence coach for Edinburgh Rugby.{{cite news |url=

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/guinness-pro14/duncan-hodge-happy-to-be-going-back-on-attack-with-edinburgh-1-4437593 |title=Duncan Hodge happy to be going back on attack with Edinburgh |first=Duncan |last=Smith |work=The Scotsman |date=5 May 2017 |accessdate=3 February 2018}}

He was the defence coach for Benetton from 2022 to 2025.{{cite web|url=https://benettonrugby.it/definito-lo-staff-tecnico-biancoverde/|work=Benetton Rugby|title=DEFINITO LO STAFF TECNICO BIANCOVERDE|date=2022-06-10}}{{cite web|url=https://benettonrugby.it/calum-macrae-guidera-la-difesa-dei-leoni-fino-al-2026/|work=Benetton Rugby|title=CALUM MACRAE GUIDERA’ LA DIFESA DEI LEONI FINO AL 2026|date=2023-12-27}}

MacRae is a qualified physical education teacher.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180203181116/http://www.edinburghrugby.org/content/calum-macrae-0 profile] at Edinburgh Rugby
{{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|mens/26064}}

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