John Houston (rugby union)

John Houston
Birth name	John Houston
Date of birth	10 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	15 st 7 lb (98.4 kg)
School	Hawick High School
University	Heriot-Watt University
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby union player
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre or Wing
Current team	Edinburgh Rugby
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Hawick Wanderers
	Hawick RFC
-2007	Heriot's
	Correct as of 22 June 2008
Senior career
Years	Team
2007–present	Edinburgh
	Correct as of 3 June 2013
International career
Years	Team
2007–present	Scotland A
National sevens team
Years	Team
	Scotland

John Houston (born 10 March 1983) is a Scottish professional rugby Centre or Wing, currently with Edinburgh Rugby.^[1] Houston also plays for Scotland's national rugby sevens team.

Houston won the club's Newcomer of the Year award after his rookie season and went on to help the Scotland A side clinch the IRB Nations Cup in June 2009.

Recording 16 starts in his first campaign as a professional, Houston scored on his home debut against Ulster in September 2008 before repeating the feat on his Heineken Cup debut against Toulouse in November – the effort which won him Edinburgh's Try of the Season award.

He had previously been part of the Hawick side that won the Scottish Premiership Division One, the Scottish Cup and Border League honours in 2001–02.

References

^ "John Houston". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

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[1] "John Houston". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

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