George Buchanan-Smith

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George Buchanan-Smith
Birth nameGeorge Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith
Date of birth (1964-07-20) 20 July 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Loughborough Students ()
London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scottish Exiles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1989 Scotland 'B' 1 (4)
1989-90 Scotland 2 (0)

George Buchanan-Smith (born 20 July 1964) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He represented Scotland from 1989 to 1990. [1]

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Early life

George Buchanan-Smith was born in July 1964 in Edinburgh. [1] He attended Fettes College and later studied at Loughborough University.

His grandfather was Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, a British soldier and prominent geneticist.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

He played for Loughborough Students before playing for London Scottish. [2]

Provincial career

He played for the Scottish Exiles district side [3] as a Flanker. [4]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1989. [5]

Buchanan-Smith made his international debut on 28 October 1989 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Fiji match. [1] Of the 2 matches he played for his national side he was never on the losing side. [1] He played his final match for Scotland on 10 November 1990 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Argentina match. [1]

Later life

George Buchanan-Smith went on to become franchisee and operator of three McDonald's restaurants in Dunfermline, Scotland. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 George Buchanan-Smith Profile on scrum.com
  2. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ↑ "George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19890220&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  6. ↑ "Adam Buchanan Smith mentioned as franchisee in Dunfermline Press". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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