Scott Spedding

Scott Spedding (born 4 May 1986 in Krugersdorp, South Africa) is a retired French rugby union player. His position is fullback and he last played for Castres Olympique in the Top 14. He retired in 2019.

Scott Spedding

Spedding playing for Bayonne in 2013
Date of birth	(1986-05-04) 4 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Krugersdorp, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb; 214 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full back Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2012 2012–2015 2015–2018 Brive Bayonne Clermont 79 71 36 (61) (76) (40) Correct as of 3 September 2016 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2008 Sharks (Currie Cup) 10 (58) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 Sharks 1 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 2014–2019 South Africa U21 France 5 23 (17) (21) Correct as of 25 November 2017

Spedding attended St. John's College, Johannesburg from 2000 to 2004 where he captained the first XV Rugby team. He was in the same boarding house and matriculated one year after four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome.

In 2008, Spedding moved to France to play with Brive in the Top 14. After seven years of living in France, Spedding gained French nationality in 2014. In January 2015 he was named in the France 31-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship by coach Philippe Saint-André.^[2] He debuted for France on 8 November 2014 against Fiji.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2019, Spedding announced his retirement from rugby.^[3] He was also a guest pundit on Supersport during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.^{[citation needed]}