Euan Kennedy

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Euan Kennedy
Birth nameAlexander Euan Kennedy
Date of birth (1954-07-30) 30 July 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Edinburgh District ()
- Reds Trial ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1976-81 Scotland 'B' 2
1983-84 Scotland 4 (4)

Euan Kennedy (born 30 July 1954 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians. [2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District; and was part of the 1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship winning side. [2]

He played for the Reds Trial side in their match against Blues Trial on 3 January 1987. [3]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B', both times against France 'B', in 1976 and 1981. [4]

He was capped for Scotland 4 times, scoring 1 try; against England at Murrayfield. [5] He was part of 1984 Scotland team that won the Grand Slam of the Five Nations Championship. [6]

Administrative career

He was a committee member of Watsonians at the time when the club entered the Super 6. [7]

He became the President of Watsonians in 2019, a position previously held in the past by his father. [4]

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References

  1. "Alexander Euan Kennedy". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. 1 2 "Features: New WFC president Euan Kennedy on his life involved with the club". Watsonians RFC.
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Euan Kennedy - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. Correspondent, Alasdair Reid, Scottish Rugby. "Euan Kennedy is converted to cause of elite tier" via www.thetimes.co.uk.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. "5 questions for the people who know the Super 6 franchises best". 3 May 2018.