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Biography
Graham Shiel (born 13 August 1970) is the skills coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team. He is now retired from playing rugby, having made 18 appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team and once for the national sevens team.
Early life
Shiel was born in Galashiels in Selkirkshire, Scotland. He is a qualified stonemason.
Rugby playing career
He played with Melrose RFC, winning five National Championship and five Border League titles with them. He played for Border Reivers and Edinburgh Rugby where he was captain from 2000 to 2002. He played for the Australian club Manly in 2002.
Shiel's international debut was against Ireland at Murrayfield in October 1991. His last international appearance was against New Zealand at Auckland in July 2000.
He represented Scotland at the Hong Kong Sevens in 1996.
Coaching
He first took on a coaching role while still a player at Stewart's Melville.
In 2006 he became academy manager at Edinburgh Rugby.
In October 2010 he was named as Scotland’s seven’s coach. In 2012 was moved to sevens skills coach.