G BURNS

1999 - Italy
2000 - Tonga and New Zealand

Graeme George Burns won his third cap for Scotland when he was introduced as a substitute for Andy Nicol in the November 2001 Test against New Zealand. Last season he captained Scotland A for the first time in their thrilling 42-20 victory against Wales A. He also led Scotland A to a 33-13 success against Italy A at Old Anniesland in March 2001. This year he returned to captain the A team to their success against Italy A and their defeats against Ireland A and France A. He played in all three Scotland A victories in season 1999/2000 going on to appear in three games on the 2000 Scotland tour to New Zealand. He made his international debut when he replaced the injured Iain Fairley early in the second half of Scotland’s match against Italy in March 1999. That was his fifth appearance on the Scotland bench.

Educated at Stewart's-Melville College he played for the rugby 1st XV and the cricket 1st XI. In fact, he showed considerable promise as batsman and was a brilliant cover fieldsman.

Burns represented Scotland at rugby at all three age-group levels, captaining the national under-19 team. He was chosen in both non-cap Tests on Scotland's 1995 Development tour of Zimbabwe, and he played in three matches on the Scotland XV’s 1997 tour of southern Africa. He captained Scotland's squad at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong in 1997 and the Dubai Sevens tournament later that year. He made his tenth appearance for Scotland A when they completed their clean sweep against England in March 1998. He has now played 25 times at that level. He is captain of Edinburgh Rugby this season. His family farm at Pathhead in Midlothian.