David Tait

David Tait
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Birth nameDavid Andrews Tait
Date of birth(1987-07-05)5 July 1987
Place of birthSale, Greater Manchester
Date of death12 December 2012(2012-12-12) (aged 25)
Place of deathKowloon, Hong Kong
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
SchoolSale Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number Eight, Flanker
Current team Sale Sharks
Youth career
Broughton Park Rugby Union F.C
Altrincham Kersal
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–2010 Sale Sharks 28 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2009–2010 Scotland Dubai

David Tait (5 July 1987 – 12 December 2012) was a professional rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership.

Career

Tait played as a Number 8, although he could also operate as a Flanker. He also represented Scotland at rugby sevens. Tait made his Sale debut in a Powergen Cup match against Llanelli Scarlets. He "left the club in 2010 after suffering persistent injuries, having made just 40 appearances".

Tait represented the England Under 20 team. He was called up to the England sevens training squad for the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series. However, Tait did not represent England and later competed for Scotland at the 2009 Dubai Sevens.

In November 2011, Tait started a career at KPMG Hong Kong in the Corporate Finance team. While there, he also became captain for the Kowloon RFC first fifteen. He went on to lead the first team to their first Hong Kong Premiership League title in 30 years, during the 2011–2012 season.

Personal life

Tait was born in Sale, Greater Manchester, England,[citation needed] where he attended Sale Grammar School. Later he attended Sedbergh School and took a history degree at Manchester University. He was of Scottish descent on his father's side. His father Campbell Tait, a judge, hanged himself in 2004.

Death

Tait died in an apparent suicide after falling from the roof of the Harbourview Horizon apartment block in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, on 12 December 2012. The Hong Kong national rugby union team wore black armbands during the 2012 Cup of Nations in his memory.


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