Craig Chalmers


Craig Minto Chalmers is a former Scottish rugby union footballer for Melrose and former coach of the club. He coached Esher for a couple of years from 2013-2015, but at present is not involved in coaching.
As a player, he represented Scotland and the British Lions at international level. He was capped 60 times for Scotland, 56 times in his preferred position of fly-half, but on occasion at centre and once as a substitute on the right wing. He was noted for his tactical kicking, support play, game management, & tackling which was something that fly halves of his time were not noted for.

Club career

He finished his playing career in March 2005 as captain and player-coach with Melrose, where his club career began. In the interim, he also played for Worcester Warriors, Harlequins, and the Pertemps Bees.

Coaching

He left Melrose at the end of the 2012/13 season to join Chinnor RFC as head coach, only to resign before taking charge of a single match, due to "personal reasons".
He joined Esher Rugby as a back coach for their senior team from August 2013 - April 2015.

Family

His sister Paula Chalmers played for the Scottish Women's rugby team and achieved an even higher number of caps.