Magnus Donald Blackburn Bradbury (born 23 August 1995) is a

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international rugby union player who plays for

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in the Gallagher Premiership.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Bradbury started playing rugby with Oban Lorne. From

Oban High School Oban High School is a secondary school in Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The head teacher is Peter Bain. Mr Bain has been the head teacher since 2008. The roll is currently 874. A new school opened in April 2018. History Oban High School opened in ...

, Bradbury secured a scholarship to study at

Merchiston Castle School Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled a ...

. In April 2015 he won the BT Scottish Cup with Boroughmuir in their 55–17 win against the Border club

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scoring two tries.

Professional career

As Oban is affiliated to Glasgow, Bradbury first represented Glasgow District at under-16 and under-17 levels - but with his move to Merchiston he came under Edinburgh's catchment area. Bradbury then represented Edinburgh District at under-18 Magnus made his professional début for

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in their Guinness PRO12 clash away to Leinster on Hallowe'en 2014. On Monday 28 August 2017 Bradbury was announced as Edinburgh Rugby captain for the 2017/18 Pro14 season. In March 2022 Bradbury announced he would leave Edinburgh Rugby and join

at the start of the 2022/23

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season.

International career

Bradbury has represented Scotland U17 and Scotland U18. He made his U18 international debut, coming off the bench, against England in March 2013 - and he then made the starting XV in the U18 victories over Ireland and Wales. His Scotland U20 debut came against the Irish in Athlone, in January 2014 and he scored his first try against Argentina in the final play-off game in the 2014 IRB JWC in Auckland. He made his 7s début in 2015 at the

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reaching the Plate final. On Saturday 19 November 2016 Bradbury earned his first cap at full

international level. Starting at 6 in an Autumn Test against Argentina he played a part in Scotland's remarkable 19-16 winning performance at

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. He was called up to the 2019 Rugby World Cup squad on 8 September 2019 as injury cover as Jamie Ritchie fractured his cheekbone.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradbury, Magnus 1995 births Living people Boroughmuir RFC players Edinburgh Rugby players Male rugby sevens players Oban Lorne RFC players People educated at Merchiston Castle School People educated at Oban High School Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Glasgow Scotland international rugby sevens players Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players