Birth name | Andrew Edward Douglas Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 October 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nairn, Scotland [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy Macdonald is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
MacDonald played for Loughborough Students before moving on to play for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. where he gained a blue playing in the Varsity Match in 1989.
He later played for Heriot's.
He played for Southland, a province in New Zealand.
He played for the Scottish Exiles in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.
When he moved to play for Heriots, he then turned out for Edinburgh District. [2]
He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play against France 'B' in 1990. He earned 3 'B' caps in total.
He was capped by Scotland 'A' to play against Spain in 1991. He earned 6 'A' caps in total.
Macdonald made his international debut on 20 November 1993 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs New Zealand match. [1] He was on the losing side in his only test match. [1]
He toured with Scotland to USA/Canada (1991), Australia (1992) and the South Seas (1993).
He also represented the Barbarians 8 times including a drawn test match against Scotland in 1991.
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