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Ronnie Eriksson

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Ronnie Eriksson
Full nameBo Ronald Sheehan Eriksson
Date of birth (1972-04-22) 22 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birthAthlone, Ireland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) centre

Ronnie Eriksson (born 22 April 1972) is a rugby union player who made three appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team. He played centre.

Early life

He was born in Athlone in Ireland.[1] He was educated at Merchiston Castle School and played rugby there.[2]

Rugby playing career

He played club rugby for London Scottish.[3]

Eriksson made his international debut against New Zealand at Dunedin as part of the 1996 Scotland tour.[4]

His last appearance was against England at Twickenham in 1997.[1] He had been selected for the 1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania but withdrew because of injury.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rugby: Player profile: Ronnie Eriksson, Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Young ones full of promise". The Herald. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Players: Ronnie Eriksson". London Scottish. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Flurry of tries marks the new style of international rugby Brave, battling but in the end just not good enough". The Herald. 17 June 1996. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Rugby union: Eriksson and Nicol pull out of tour". The Independent. 13 May 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.