Alexander Craig

Scotland-qualified flanker Alexander Craig, born on 26 April 1997, is on the books at Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship. Glasgow, based at Scotstoun Stadium, are the reigning URC champions of the 2023/24 season under head coach Franco Smith and have built that success on a deep, hard-working forward pack with strong back-row competition. Craig fits within that competitive picture as one of several Scottish-qualified loose forwards pushing for selection across the openside, blindside, and back-five options that the club's system asks its forwards to cover. The position itself is unforgiving in its physical demands, and Craig's game is anchored in the tackle and breakdown work that defines a Test-level flanker, complemented by the carrying contributions a back-row pack needs across phase play. Now in his late twenties, he is at the prime age window for the position, where physical resilience, scar-tissue tactical understanding, and squad seniority typically combine. Glasgow's heavy URC and EPCR Investec Champions Cup workload spreads selection across an extended group, and Craig's match-day involvement is shaped by that rotation and by the specific opposition demands each weekend. His longer-term progression remains tied to staying available across the long northern-hemisphere season and continuing to compete with a Glasgow back-row roster that has produced multiple Scotland internationals in recent campaigns.