Jonny Gray

Jonathan Douglas Gray (born 14 March 1994) is a Scotland international rugby union player. He plays at lock for Bordeaux in Top 14.

Jonny Gray

Birth name	Jonathan Douglas Gray[1][2]
Date of birth	(1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Scotland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	122 kg (19.2 st; 269 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Richie Gray (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Exeter Chiefs Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2020 Currie () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2020 2020–2024 2024– Glasgow Warriors Exeter Chiefs Bordeaux 110 33 0 (60) (45) (0) Correct as of 14 September 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2013 2013– Scotland U18 Scotland U20 Scotland 9 77 (0) (20) Correct as of 18 March 2023
15th Sir Willie Purves Quaich
In office 2014–2014
Preceded by	Sean Kennedy
Succeeded by	Finn Russell

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Gray started playing rugby at Cambuslang RFC where he progressed from the mini section (at 7 years old) through to first XV regular at the age of 16. He also played for Calderglen High School in East Kilbride.^[3]

Gray is the younger brother of Scottish and British and Irish Lion international Richie Gray.^[4]

Gray was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017–18 season.^[5]

Professional career

In 2013, Gray was offered a full-time contract for three years by Glasgow Warriors^[4] Domestically, the 2014–15 season saw Gray play a prominent role in Glasgow Warriors' maiden Pro12 title triumph.

At just 21 years of age, Gray was named captain of Glasgow Warriors in November 2015, taking over from recently retired mentor Alastair Kellock.^[6] He became a co-captain with Henry Pyrgos for the 2016-17 season but following the arrival of Dave Rennie as Warriors Head Coach the club has reverted to a sole captaincy. For the 2017-18 season Rennie named Ryan Wilson as captain though Gray remains in the leadership group.^[7]

In December 2017, it was announced that, after rejecting an offer from Bristol Rugby, Gray had extended his contract at the Warriors until May 2020.^[8] It was announced in January 2020 that Gray would join Exeter Chiefs on a two-year contract ahead of the 2020–21 season, joining up with his Scotland teammates Stuart Hogg, Sam Skinner and Sam Hidalgo-Clyne.^[9]

On 4 July 2024, Gray would sign for French side Bordeaux, after his early departure from Exeter, in the Top 14 competition from the 2024-25 season.^[10]

International career

In 2012, Gray was announced in the Scotland national under-20 rugby union team for the 2012 Six Nations Under-20s Championship and retained his position for the 2013 season where he was named captain.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013 Gray was included in a 41-man squad for Scotland's senior side in the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests.^[11]

Gray played in every match for Scotland during the 2015 6 Nations, attempting an astonishing 85 tackles in total and missing only one.^[12] Subsequently, he was selected in Scotland's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, playing four of their five matches in the run to the Quarter-Finals.

As of November 2017, Gray has scored four tries for Scotland, including scores in consecutive weeks against the All Blacks and Australia during the Autumn Internationals^[13][14]

After playing in the first two games of the 2020 Six Nations, Gray sustained a hand injury ruling him out of the rest of the tournament. ^[15]

Appearances and tries by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Tries
Scotland	2013	2	0
	2014	6	1
	2015	11	0
	2016	9	1
	2017	10	2
	2018	9	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	6	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	8	0
	2023	5	0
Total		77	4

References

1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 9 February 2022
2. Biographie Jonathan Gray, Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2022
3. "Scotland lock Jonny Gray could be set to go from quiet leader to global rugby superstar". Daily Record. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
4. GMT (8 May 2013). "BBC Sport - Glasgow: Richie Gray's brother, Jonny, wins Warriors contract". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
5. "Pro-player draft".
6. "Gray takes over Glasgow captaincy". BBC Sport.
7. "Glasgow Warriors | Ryan Wilson to skipper Glasgow".
8. "Glasgow Warriors: Jonny Gray signs new two-year deal after rejecting Bristol". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
9. "Chiefs sign Scottish star Gray". Exeter Chiefs. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
10. "Jonny Gray: Scotland lock joins Bordeaux from Exeter Chiefs". BBC Sport. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
11. "Five uncapped players named in Scotland squad | Scottish Rugby Union". Scottishrugby.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
12. "Scotland Men".
13. "Scotland 17-22 New Zealand". BBC Sport.
14. "Scotland 53-24 Australia". BBC Sport.
15. "Jonny Gray: Scotland lock to miss rest of Six Nations campaign". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

Supplement

Sporting positions
Preceded by Grant Gilchrist, Harry Leonard, George Turner	John Macphail Scholarship Jonny Gray, Gregor Hunter 2012	Succeeded by Finn Russell, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

External links

• Jonny Gray at ESPNscrum
• Jonny Gray at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Glasgow Warriors Profile
• Scotland Rugby Profile

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