Career
Born in Llanelli, Gallacher played for Felinfoel Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Llanelli Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as a Lock, id est (that is) number 4 or 5. He joined Llanelli Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1965, and played almost 200 games for the club He played at invitational level for Barbarian F.C.
In 1970, he joined Bradford Northern rugby league club, moving to Keighley in January 1975.
He played as a second-row, id est (that is) number 11 or 12.
He acted as chief executive of Llanelli Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Scarlets from 1996, before being appointed as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) in 2009. He stood down from the post in June 2014 because of poor health.