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Full Name	Christopher William Wallace Rea
Date of Birth	22 October 1943
Place of Birth	Dundee
Height (cm)	175
Weight (kg)	76
Schools Attended	Dundee High School

Appearances for Scotland
Played	Capt.	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Points
13	0	3	0	0	0	9

First capped for Scotland in 1968, Rea made a total of 13 appearances for his country and crossed the goal line three times. He was born in Dundee and educated at the city’s High School.

The West of Scotland hot-stepper was a late call up for the 1971 Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and made ten appearances, mostly at fly-half. It was perhaps this positional change that denied him the chance to contest for a test place on the tour but Rea’s ability in such a star-studded squad was never questioned and he returned from the tour as a more complete player for Scotland.

British & Irish Lions Appearances

Date	Against	Pos.	(C)	T	C	P	DG	Pts
10/08/1971	Bay of Plenty	CE
21/07/1971	Poverty Bay / East Coast	FH
14/07/1971	Wairarapa / Bush	CE		1				3
03/07/1971	Taranaki	CE
22/06/1971	Marlborough / Nelson Bays	CE		1				3
16/06/1971	West Coast / Buller	CE
09/06/1971	South C'bury / Mid C'bury / North Otago	FH		1				3
29/05/1971	Waikato	CE
26/05/1971	Wanganui / King Country	Rep
22/05/1971	Counties / Thames Valley	CE
Total (Capped)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Provincial)		10	0	3	0	0	0	9
Total (All Games)		10	0	3	0	0	0	9