Michael Hunter (rugby union)
| Birth name | Michael Douglas Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 April 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Hunter (born 24 April 1945) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
Provincial career[]
He played for Glasgow District.[2] He was part of the Glasgow side that shared the 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship with North and Midlands.
He played for on the trial match against the side on 11 January 1975. He replaced Jordanhill's Andy Dougall in the centre. It was a strange trial; instead of playing 2 halves of 40 minutes, they played 3 thirds of 30 minutes each. In the first third, Hunter scored a try; and at the end of that third the Possibles were leading 6-0. The Probables came back into the match, but the Possibles ultimately took a rare victory, by 19 points to 16 points, in the fixture.[3]
International career[]
He was capped by Scotland 'B' twice, between 1971 and 1972, both times against France 'B'.
He received a full senior cap for Scotland in 1974, against France in the Five Nations Championship. It was his only cap.[4]
He went on the Penguins tour of Bermuda in 1974.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Michael Douglas Hunter". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Michael Hunter - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Playing | Past Tours and Matches | International | 1974 | Bermuda". www.penguinrugby.com.
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