Al Kellock’s career forged in fires of adversity
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But Alastair Kellock is different.
“I’ve had some incredibly low points in my career,” is one of the first things he says shortly after it was confirmed that he will be retiring at the end of this season.
This is not, however, a reflection of a negative, glass-half-empty character because Kellock is the polar opposite.
It would, in fact, be no exaggeration to say that much of Glasgow Warriors’ rise from whipping boys to one of the most respected club sides in the British Isles, is down to the brimming positivity and burning ambition of the man who has captained them since he pitched up b…
“I’ve had some incredibly low points in my career,” is one of the first things he says shortly after it was confirmed that he will be retiring at the end of this season.
This is not, however, a reflection of a negative, glass-half-empty character because Kellock is the polar opposite.
It would, in fact, be no exaggeration to say that much of Glasgow Warriors’ rise from whipping boys to one of the most respected club sides in the British Isles, is down to the brimming positivity and burning ambition of the man who has captained them since he pitched up b…





