John Allan (rugby union)

Born on 25 November 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland but grew up in South Africa. Allan attended Glenwood High School, where rugby first became a part of his life. In 1981, at the age of 17, he played for Glenwood High School's 1st XV.

From 1982 to 1985 he captained the Glenwood Old Boys U20 and the Natal U20 teams. From 1986 to 1987, he played for North Tvl Defence 1st XV and the South African Defence 1st XV3. Then from 1988 to 1990 he captained the Glenwood Old Boys 1st XV, as well as the Natal Provincial 1st XV, and played for the South African Select XV. He made his senior provincial debut for Natal in 1988.[6]

Between 1990 and 1991, Allan played 9 tests and 24 games for Scotland, as their hooker.[7] Subsequently, between 1993 and 1996, he represented South Africa in 13 tests, also as hooker.[5] Allan also played in 12 tour matches, scoring 6 tries for the Springboks.[8]

In 1993 Allan was made captain of the Natal team. While with Natal, he was a part of the Currie Cup winning teams of 1992, 1995 and 1996. Between 1988 and 1997, Allan earned 126 caps for the Natal Sharks.

Test history

Scotland
No.	Opposition	Result (Sco 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	New Zealand	16–31	Hooker		16 June 1990	Carisbrook, Dunedin
2.	Wales	32–12	Hooker		2 February 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
3.	Ireland	28–25	Hooker		16 March 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
4.	Romania	12–18	Hooker		31 August 1991	Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest
5.	Japan	47–9	Hooker		5 October 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
6.	Ireland	24–15	Hooker		12 October 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
7.	Samoa	28–6	Hooker		19 October 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
8.	England	6–9	Hooker		26 October 1991	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
9.	New Zealand	6–13	Hooker		30 October 1991	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
South Africa
No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	Australia	19–12	Hooker		31 July 1993	Aussie Stadium (SFG), Sydney
2.	Argentina	29–26	Hooker		5 November 1993	Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires
3.	Argentina	52–23	Hooker		13 November 1993	Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires
4.	England	15–32	Hooker		4 June 1994	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
5.	England	27–9	Hooker		11 June 1994	Newlands, Cape Town
6.	New Zealand	14–22	Hooker		9 July 1994	Carisbrook, Dunedin
7.	New Zealand	9–13	Hooker		23 July 1994	Athletic Park, Wellington
8.	New Zealand	18–18	Hooker		6 August 1994	Eden Park, Auckland
9.	Fiji	43–18	Hooker		2 July 1996	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
10.	Australia	16–21	Hooker		13 July 1996	Aussie Stadium (SFG), Sydney
11.	New Zealand	11–15	Hooker		20 July 1996	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
12.	Australia	25–19	Hooker		3 August 1996	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
13.	New Zealand	18–29	Hooker		10 August 1996	Newlands, Cape Town

In 1997, Allan started coaching. His first stint was with London Scottish, from 1997 to 1998 where they were promoted to the Premier Division, and Allan moved on to coach the Natal Sharks forwards in 1999.

From 2000 to 2003 Allan was the Director of Coaching for the Glenwood Falcons, while also commentating on Supersport. He also worked as an advisor to the Natal Sharks from 2000 to 2001, and became their Forward Consultant in 2003.

In 2004, he was appointed the CEO of SARLA, a duty he still performs to this day. He does this, while still managing to maintain his various other positions. He is still the Director of Coaching for his club, the Glenwood Falcons, and a Supersport TV Presenter; in addition, he became the Executive Director of The eLan Rugby Legends.

He is the uncle of Tommaso Allan,[9] who played for Scotland at U-17, U-18 and U-20 and then, for the Italy national rugby union team

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 594
• List of Scotland national rugby union players – no. 866

• John Allan international statistics