Max McFarland (born 13 July 1993) is a Scotland 7s international

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player who currently plays as a

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for the

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team. McFarland was born in

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, and qualifies to play for

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through his

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grandfather.

Early life

McFarland attended

Clongowes Wood College Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Yo ...

, a secondary boarding school known for producing good rugby players. Before turning professional, McFarland played for the Edinburgh teams

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and

Watsonians RFC Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, and changed its policy in the 1980s to be a fully open club, ...

Professional career

McFarland was in the Leinster Rugby Academy squad, before moving to

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in 2014. He played for the squad for the start of season 2016–17. In 2017–18 McFarland spent the pre-season with

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. On 21 November 2017, he signed for Glasgow Warriors in a partnership deal to the end of the 2017–18 season.

International career

McFarland qualifies to play for Scotland through his grandfather who was born in Glasgow. McFarland was called up to the Scotland 7s squad for the 2014

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References

1993 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Scotland international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Watsonians RFC players Boroughmuir RFC players Clontarf FC players Leinster Rugby players Munster Rugby players Edinburgh Rugby players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain European Games medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Scotland Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Irish rugby union players Irish people of Scottish descent People educated at Clongowes Wood College {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub