Keith Savage (rugby union)
Appearance
Birth name | Keith Frederick Savage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | August 24, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Warwick[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keith Frederick Savage (born 24 August 1940)[2] is a former England international rugby union player.
He was capped thirteen times on the wing for England between 1966 and 1968.[3] He scored one try for England. He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa. He did not play in any international matches on the 1966 tour but did play in all four internationals against South Africa in 1968.
He played club rugby for Northampton.
Savage is now an English teacher in Johannesburg, South Africa.
References
- ^ Keith Savage Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:10. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- ^ Griffiths, page 1:40–1:41