Alastair MacGregor Martin is a former rugby union international who represented

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in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was noted as one of the finest players in Chile and as such was selected to play for a

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against Argentina in 1980.Alastair MacGregor Profile on scrum.com
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Early life

Alastair MacGregor Martin was born on 30 June 1954 and attended

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in Chile.The Mackay School Old Boys Association interview with Alastair MacGregor Martin

Rugby career

Alastair MacGregor Martin played his club rugby for his school's old boys club, the Old Mackayans Rugby Football Club, and led them to national cup wins on 1978, 1981 and 1982. For Chile, he first faced the Pumas in 1977 and by 1979 was captain of his national side. He was also part of the 1980

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side that toured South Africa. Notably, in 1980 he also played for a

on 9 August 1980 against in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.Player list for World XV
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and

Jean-Pierre Rives Jean-Pierre Rives (born 31 December 1952) is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the ''BBC'', he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play".

. In 2009 he became the president of the Federación de Rugby de Chile (FERUCHI) replacing Carlos Silva Echiburu. This was in response to what was described as a messy institutional period, when the Chilean rugby chiefs looked to one of the countries former rugby greats to lead the new road.http://rugbyactualidad.blogspot.com/2008/03/un-histrico-al-mando-de-la-feruchi.html

Career

Alastair MacGregor Martin is an engineer by profession.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macgregor Martin, Alastair 1954 births Living people Chilean people of Scottish descent Chilean rugby union players Rugby union number eights Chile international rugby union players