Michael Young (born 31 December 1988) is a
Scrum half for
Rugby Union
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team
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
in the
Aviva Premiership. He is a product of
West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.
Club career
He played for the
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
Middlesex Sevens The Middlesex Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England until 2011. It was first held in 1926, and started by Dr J.A. Russell-Cargill, a London-based Scot.Bath, ''Scotland Rugby Miscellany'', p82 Th ...
side, helping them to the title in 2007. In 2008 he made his senior debut for the club, making 79 appearances in his three full seasons. Young moved to Leicester in 2011, remaining there until 2013 during which time Leicester won the premiership in
2013
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and Anglo-Welsh Cup in
2012
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. In 2013 Young signed for Leicester's premiership rival, Bath.
On 5 February 2015, it was announced Young had re-signed for
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
.
International career
Young has represented the
England Sevens team, most notably in May 2009 when he scored the winning try against New Zealand in the final of the
London Sevens tournament.
In June 2009 Young was selected for the
England Saxons
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, scoring a try on his debut against the
USA
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in the
Churchill Cup
The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's (and formerly women's) teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams (originally one and later three) from a wide arr ...
. He also helped the Saxons to victory in the last
Churchill Cup
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in 2011, coming off the bench in the final against
Canada
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. In 2011 Young played for England in an uncapped match as a replacement against the Barbarians.
Young received his first call up to the senior
England
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squad by coach
Eddie Jones on 8 May 2016 for a three-day training squad.
References
External links
England Saxons ProfileLeicester Tigers Profile
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1988 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Bath Rugby players
Rugby union players from Hartlepool
Rugby union scrum-halves
West Hartlepool R.F.C. players
Leicester Tigers players
Newcastle Falcons players