Andrew MacDonald (rugby union)
Birth name | Andrew Edward Douglas Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 October 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nairn, Scotland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy Macdonald is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
MacDonald played for Loughborough Students before moving on to play for Cambridge University.
He later played for Heriot's.
Provincial career
He played for Southland, a province in New Zealand.
He played for the Scottish Exiles in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.
When he moved to play for Heriots, he then turned out for Edinburgh District.[2]
International career
He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play against France 'B' in 1990. He earned 3 'B' caps in total.
He was capped by Scotland 'A' to play against Spain in 1991. He earned 6 'A' caps in total.
Macdonald made his international debut on 20 November 1993 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs New Zealand match.[1] He was on the losing side in his only test match.[1]
He also represented the Barbarians 8 times including a drawn test match against Scotland in 1991.
References
- ^ a b c d Andrew Macdonald Profile on scrum.com
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Loughborough Students RUFC players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Nairn
- Scotland 'A' international rugby union players
- Scotland 'B' international rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs