Finlay MacRae is a shinty

Shinty

Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the...

 player from Kintail

Kintail

Kintail is an area of mountains in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It consists of the mountains to the north of Glen Shiel and the A87 road between the heads of Loch Duich and Loch Cluanie; its boundaries, other than Glen Shiel, are generally taken to be the valleys of Strath Croe and Gleann...

 who plays for Kinlochshiel

Kinlochshiel

Kinlochshiel Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Balmacara, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Lochalsh, Scotland. The club has two sides, a senior team which were champions of North Division One in 2011 and a reserve team in North Division Two...

. He is a Scottish International as well as Player of the Year 2008.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5991/Glenurquhart_out_to_avenge_'Shiel_defeat.html

Playing career

MacRae, who plays alongside his brothers Keith and John,http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2228020/ is considered one of the finest players of his generation and won the Player of the Year title in 2008 despite playing in North Division One

North Division One (shinty)

The North Division One is a league for shinty teams. It is presently the in second tier of the Shinty league system. The winners of the league are promoted to the Premier Division....

. He has often been played in defence by Shiel but is renowned as a dangerous forward.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4086/
He made his debut for Scotland

Scotland national shinty team

The Scotland national shinty team is the team selected to represent Scotland and the sport of shinty in the annual composite rules international with the Ireland national hurling team. The team represents the Camanachd Association....

 at the age of 21.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4086/

Outside Shinty

MacRae's day job is as an electrician for Norbord in Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

. He is also engaged in charity work with Habitat for Humanity. His favourite person to go boozing with is Fionnlagh Byrne. Fionnlagh's chat make's him laugh after a hard game of shinty.

External links

• Kinlochshiel Shinty Club