British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby player
Greig Laidlaw
Birth name
Greig David Laidlaw
Date of birth
(1985-10-12) 12 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight
80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
School
Jedburgh Grammar School
Occupation(s)
Professional rugby union player
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Scrum-half / Fly-Half
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2007–2014
Edinburgh Rugby
137
(598)
2014–2017
Gloucester
59
(559)
2017–2020
Clermont Auvergne
58
(408)
2020–2023
Urayasu D-Rocks
18
(96)
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2004–2006
Scotland U21
14
(0)
2008–2011
Scotland A
10
(0)
2011–2019
Scotland
76
(714)
2017
British & Irish Lions
0
(0)
2018
Barbarians
1
(7)
National sevens team
Years
Team
Comps
2008–2010
Scotland 7s
8
Greig Laidlaw (born 12 October 1985) is a Scottish former professional rugby union player who played as a scrum-half and as a fly-half. Laidlaw holds the record for most caps as captain, 39, of the Scottish national team. He also represented the British & Irish Lions in 2017.
Although Laidlaw was a scrum half, he is often used as the first-choice goal kicker by his teams. Laidlaw scored over 700 points for Scotland in his career and is one of the highest points scorers in rugby union history.
GreigLaidlaw (born 12 October 1985) is a Scottish former professional rugby union player who played as a scrum-half and as a fly-half. Laidlaw holds...
victories, beating Argentina 19–16 with a last minute penalty from GreigLaidlaw, before going on to beat Georgia 43–16; this was the first time that...
2023. Laidlaw is the son of former British & Irish Lions and Scotland international rugby union player Roy Laidlaw. His cousin, GreigLaidlaw, also represented...
Laidlaw's son Clark Laidlaw played and coached rugby, and his nephew GreigLaidlaw was selected 76 times for Scotland, also as a scrum-half. Laidlaw announced...
their first Six Nations game in 10 attempts, winning 36–20 in Rome with GreigLaidlaw kicking 21 points. Ireland's title hopes were extinguished when they...
known rugby players are the scrum-halves, Roy Laidlaw, his nephew, Scotland rugby team captain GreigLaidlaw and Gary Armstrong. Douglas Young fought at...
2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022. "Six Nations: Scotland returns for GreigLaidlaw & Scott Lawson". BBC. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018. "Scotland...
Nanai-Williams Ti'i Paulo George Pisi John Senio Gavin Williams Paul Burnell GreigLaidlaw Jason White Nathan Hines Selborne Boome Marius Joubert Breyton Paulse...
win thanks to an early try from Mike Blair and penalties from captain GreigLaidlaw, setting up a semi-final in Dublin against Ulster. The semi-final was...
party due to family reasons and was replaced by Scotland international GreigLaidlaw. As of 17 November 2021 British & Irish Lions 1× Test Series Win: 2013...
1993) Phil Vickery (2001) Billy Twelvetrees (2013) Ross Moriarty (2017) GreigLaidlaw (2017) Chris Harris (2021) Louis Rees-Zammit (2021) The following are...
made more notable by the list of absentees, such as Stuart Hogg and Grieg Laidlaw, who were in New Zealand on Lions' duty. The tour was concluded by a 27–22...
Pos. Player FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Nehe Milner-Skudder OC 13 Conrad Smith IC 12 Matt Giteau LW 11 Julian Savea FH 10 Dan Carter SH 9 GreigLaidlaw...
Bennett 75' IC 12 Matt Scott LW 11 Sean Lamont FH 10 Finn Russell SH 9 GreigLaidlaw (c) N8 8 David Denton OF 7 John Hardie BF 6 Ryan Wilson 57' RL 5 Jonny...
hockey player 1985 – Anna Iljuštšenko, Estonian high jumper 1985 – GreigLaidlaw, Scottish rugby player 1985 – Carl Söderberg, Swedish ice hockey player...
McCallum 65' LK 19 Grant Gilchrist 55' N8 20 Ryan Wilson 49' SH 21 GreigLaidlaw 49' FH 22 Peter Horne 55' WG 23 Sean Maitland 55' Coach: Gregor Townsend...
Lamont IC 12 Matt Scott LW 11 Tim Visser FH 10 Ruaridh Jackson SH 9 GreigLaidlaw 73' N8 8 Johnnie Beattie OF 7 Kelly Brown (c) BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch...
against England and the round 3 match against Italy as he was dropped. GreigLaidlaw was captain of those matches. Brown returned as captain for the last...
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