Career
He plays at lock.
Gilchrist was schooled at Lornshill Academy, and played with Alloa Reconstruction Finance Corporation before moving on to Stirling County Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He has subsequently become a regular at Murrayfield, and is currently the club"s vice-captain. Gilchrist has represented Scotland at under-18, under-19, under-20 levels and more received his first full cap for Scotland against France in the 2013 Six Nations Championship at the Stade de France, aged 22. He captained Scotland for the first time on 20 June 2014 against Argentina, having scored his first international try against Canada the previous week.
Gilchrist was named as captain for Scotland"s 2014 Autumn Test campaign, but was forced to withdraw the same week of that announcement when he broke his arm while playing for Edinburgh against Lyon.
Complications with this injury also led him to miss the 2015 Six Nations Championship and the rest of the 2014-2015 Pro12 season.