| Birth name | Anthony George Stanger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1968-05-14)14 May 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick,Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Director at Stanger Pro Limited (2015–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony George Stanger (born 14 May 1968) is a Scottish former internationalrugby union player. With 24 international tries, he wasScotland's joint recordtry scorer, along withIan Smith, until that record was broken byStuart Hogg in November 2021.[5][1] His regular playing positions were Wing and Centre.
Stanger was born inHawick in theScottish Borders.[4] He attended university at theUniversity of Edinburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Sport Sciences – 1st Class Honours (1999).[5][2]
Stanger played rugby for Scotland at under 18, 19 and 21 levels. He went on theScotland rugby team's tour of Japan.[6] He was selected to start for Scotland againstFiji in October 1989, without playing for the Scotland B side.[7] He scored the winning try in the 1990Five Nations match against England to seal Scotland's thirdGrand Slam.[8][4][3] He played for Scotland at the1991 and1995 Rugby World Cups.
In 1997, Stanger was called up to replaceIeuan Evans, who was injured on tour with theBritish Lions in South Africa 1997, and Stanger gained one cap on the tour.
Since retiring from playing, Stanger has moved on to other pursuits, mainly in the areas of coaching and guidance for professional sportspeople.[1] He received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education from University of Edinburgh in June 2007.[2]
Stanger worked as a Talent Manager with theScottish Institute of Sport from 2008 to 2015, then served as Director at performance agencyStanger Pro alongside his New Zealand-born wife Bid.[2] Their sonGeorge is afootballer who began his career atStirling Albion before moving toHamilton Academical in 2018,[4] also being selected forNew Zealand Under-20s.[3]
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