Roger Michael Young (born 29 June 1943) is a former and British Lions International

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player. He was capped twenty-six times as a scrum-half for

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between 1965 and 1971 and scored one try for Ireland against Scotland in 1965.Griffiths, page 3:37-3:40 Young was selected for the

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and played two internationals against and one against

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. He also went on the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa and played in one international against . Educated at

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, he played club rugby for Queen's University R.F.C. and

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1943 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Ulster Rugby players Rugby union scrum-halves British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Queen's University RFC players People educated at Methodist College Belfast {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub