Stephen Begley

Beglay was born in Chatham, Kent, England and grew up in the Isle of Sheppey.[3] He had a grandmother from Gourock.[4]

Begley played for the amateur club Glasgow Academicals.[5][6][7][8] When the Accies merged with Glasgow High Kelvinside to form the Glasgow Hawks in 1997, he then played for the Glasgow Hawks.[9][10][11]

For a short spell, Begley played for Old Belvedere RFC in Dublin, Ireland.[12]

After moving back from France, Begley played for Watsonians[13] before moving back to Hawks.[14]

Begley was back with the Glasgow Hawks in 2003[15] via a short spell back at Glasgow Academicals.[16] His try for the Hawks clinched the BT Premiership title for them in 2004 against Heriots. Hawks became the first ever west of Scotland team to win the Scottish title,[17] in 30 years of effort.[18] Heriots had approached Begley to play for them in 1996.[19] The next year 2005 Hawks almost wrapped up the title against Heriots at Goldenacre with Begley again scoring a try.[20] The 2006 title was almost made certain at Currie.[21]

Begley left Glasgow Hawks in 2006.[22]

Begley played in the amateur Glasgow District side at Under 21 grade.[23] He played several times for the professional side Glasgow in Europe.[24][25]

Begley played rugby in London and Cape Town.[2] The Cape Town side was Hamilton RFC, Sea Point. Begley played for them in the nineties and then turned out for them as a guest player when Hamilton, Sea Point entered a Sevens team in the Melrose Sevens in 2011. Begley turned out for them in the precursor Veterans Tens tournament which then the Cape Town side went on to win.[26] Begley was selected for the Scottish Exiles District team.[12]

He played for the French rugby clubs Lyon,[27] Strasbourg and Brive.[1][2]

He played for the Scotland Under 19s[28] and Scotland Under 21s[5][29] and hoped for a call up to Scotland A.[2]