David Tait

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David Tait

Full name	David Andrews Tait
Date of birth	(1987-10-05)5 October 1987
Place of birth	Sale, Greater Manchester
Date of death
Place of death	Kowloon, Hong Kong
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School	Sale Grammar School
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team	Sale Sharks
Playing career
Position	Number Eight, Flanker
Youth clubs
Broughton Park Rugby Union F.C Altrincham Kersal
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005–2010	Sale Sharks	28	(0)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2009–2010	Scotland		Dubai

David Tait (5 October 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, 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.

External links

• Sale Sharks profile
• Guinness Premiership profile
• Scotland profile