Malcolm Young (born 4 January 1946) is an English former
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
international.
Born in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey.
It is bordered by land ...
, Young was educated at
Cambridge University
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. He won his Cambridge blue for
football (soccer)
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rather than rugby union, as a broken hand at the time meant he could only play the former sport.
Young, a scrum-half, played for
Gosforth RFC and was a
John Player Cup
The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English club ...
-winning captain. He was capped in 10 Tests for
England
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during the late 1970s. His first call up in 1977 came on the day of his 31st birthday and he scored a debut try, against Scotland at Twickenham. He was also part of the
"Rest of the World" that toured South Africa in 1977.
See also
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List of England national rugby union players
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at whi ...
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
People from Mickley, Northumberland
Rugby union players from Northumberland
Rugby union scrum-halves
Cambridge University A.F.C. players
English men's footballers
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Newcastle Falcons players
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