query: sport graeme beveridge
supports: Graeme Beveridge ( born 17 February 1976 ) is a retired rugby player who played scrum - half . He previously played for Edinburgh Rugby , Glasgow Warriors , Bristol and Scotland . Beveridge began his professional career with a brief stint at Edinburgh Rugby before moving to Glasgow in 1998 . A leg injury kept him from playing in 1998 - 99 , though he did manage one competitive game in 1998 - 99 's WRU Challenge Cup against Newport RFC . With over 100 caps for the Glasgow Warriors he was part of the Scotland squad in the 2003 World Cup in Australia . He used to be a big contender for the Scotland scrum - half berth but then found himself quite far down the list with Chris Cusiter , Mike Blair , Sam Pinder and Rory Lawson above him . In March 2009 , Beveridge left Bristol Rugby by mutual consent . He was to then find work outside rugby as a Private Wealth Consultant in Bristol . He was to re-join Glasgow Warriors as Rugby Operations manager in April 2014 . Scottish Rugby re-developed their youth academy structure for 2015 , bringing in 4 new academies which corresponded to the traditional 4 Scottish districts . Beveridge was named as the new Academy manager for Edinburgh in December 2014 . Glasgow Warriors are one of the two professional rugby union sides from Scotland. The team plays in the Pro12 league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014-15 season they won the Pro12 title and became the first Scottish team to win a major trophy in rugby union's professional era. Rugby union, or simply rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts on each try line. Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby teams from Scotland. The club competes in the Pro12, along with Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Since January 2017, Edinburgh plays its home games at New Myreside. The PRO12 (known as the Guinness PRO12 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union competition involving twelve professional sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The league is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership and the French Top 14), the most successful teams from which go forward to compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup, the pan-European championship which replaced the Heineken Cup after the 201314 season. Scotland (Scots: ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
candidates: rugby rugby union united kingdom
answer: rugby union