Malcolm Young (rugby union)
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Malcolm Young (born 4 January 1946) is an English former rugby union international.
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Date of birth | (1946-01-04) 4 January 1946 (age 78) | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Mickley, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Northumberland, Young was educated at Cambridge University. He won his Cambridge blue for football (soccer) rather than rugby union, as a broken hand at the time meant he could only play the former sport.[1]
Young, a scrum-half, played for Gosforth RFC and was a John Player Cup-winning captain.[2] He was capped in 10 Tests for England 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.[3] He was also part of the "Rest of the World" that toured South Africa in 1977.[4]