Craig Peter Hamilton (born 1 September 1979, Dumfries) is a Scottish international rugby union player.

He also currently coaches at Whitley Bay Rockcliff RFC Hamilton was born in Dumfries and is a former pupil of Stranraer Academy.

In May 2011 it was announced that Hamilton was leaving Edinburgh had agreed to join French Second Division club Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby.

He represented Scotland U21 in the 2000 SANZAR tournament, starting against Tonga and coming on as a replacement against South Africa and Argentina.

He gained 4 further caps in the five months from June to November 2005 when he started against each of Romania, Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand.