David Ivor Walter Hilton (born 3 April 1970) is a former professional rugby union player who played as a prop.
Despite this, Hilton completed a residency period to restore his Scottish eligibility, and he went on to win a total of 42 caps in a seven-year international career.
[3] However, in 2000 - and after 41 caps for Scotland - Hilton discovered his grandfather's birth was registered in Bristol and not Edinburgh as he believed.
[5] At around the same time it was discovered that Welsh internationals Shane Howarth and Brett Sinkinson were ineligible to play for Wales under the grandparent rules.
The resulting scandal encompassing Hilton and the others was named Grannygate[6] and was embarrassing for the players and rugby unions alike.