Shade Munro

Donald Shade Munro (born 19 November 1966, Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player, who played at lock/second row.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

In Scotland he played for Eastwood High School (Newton Mearns) and subsequently for Glasgow High Kelvinside.

He spent two stints in New Zealand, the first in 1987, when he played for club side Greytown.

In 1996, he returned to New Zealand and he played for club side Te Puke Sports.

He retired at the end of 1996–97 season, a knee injury he suffered in 1990 cutting short his career.

Provincial career

He came through the Glasgow District U21 side to play for the senior District side in the 1980s.

In 1989–90 he played for the Glasgow District side that remained unbeaten all season.

In 1987 he went on to represent the provincial team in New Zealand, Wairarapa Bush in a Ranfurly Shield Challenge against Auckland, which included 14 current All Blacks.

In 1996 in his second spell in New Zealand, he again went on to represent the provincial team, Bay of Plenty in 14 games, the highlight being another Ranfurly Shield challenge against Auckland at Eden Park.

When the Glasgow District turned professional in 1996 as Glasgow Warriors, he went on to play four times with the Glasgow side, before his retirement in 1997.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' 3 times, the first cap against France 'B' on 20 March 1988.

In 2019 he became the Glasgow Warriors Senior Academy Lead Rugby Coach based at Scotstoun Stadium Scottish Rugby Academy.

Family

Munro is the grandson of JM Bannerman, who was capped in thirty seven consecutive matches for Scotland (a world record at the time), and was a successful Liberal Party peer and Scottish Gaelic advocate, who was president of An Comunn Gaidhealach for a while.

His aunt was Ray Michie, a speech therapist and Liberal Democrat MP, as well as the first peer to pledge the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic.

He is also related to John Bannerman, the historian, and the Gaelic novelist Chrissie Dick.

He is married and has two children.