Gregor MacKenzie

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Gregor MacKenzie
Birth nameAlexander David Gregor MacKenzie
Date of birth (1956-07-09) 9 July 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
SchoolBlairmore School
Strathallan School
Occupation(s)Farmer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1974-84 Highland ()
1976 Barbarians 2 ()
1984 Gala 1 ()
1984- Selkirk ()
1989- Highland ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
North and Midlands 25 ()
1984- South of Scotland District ()
1989 North and Midlands ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U16s 3
Scotland U21
1984 Scotland 1

Alexander David Gregor MacKenzie (born 9 July 1956 in Inverness) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1] His regular playing position was Prop.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He first went to Blairmore School at Glass near Huntly. A small primary school, it also produced former Scotland captain David Sole. [2]

MacKenzie was later educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire. [1] In his younger days, he played at hooker and then flanker but the master at Strathallan converted him to Prop at the age of 16 and that position stuck. [3]

He played for Highland. [4]

Highland lost the player to New Zealand in 1977 when Mackenzie went to study agriculture at Lincoln College in Lincoln Town. [5] While in New Zealand he played college rugby and trained with the All Blacks. [6]

He went on a Barbarians tour playing the Welsh sides Newport and Penarth. [7]

McKenzie headed to the Borders, hoping that moving there would put him more in contention for international honours. He played for Gala first. That single game, on 8 September 1984, was to cause McKenzie later issues as he was later banned for playing for Selkirk in any Border League matches that season; since their rules did not permit a player to play for two different Border League clubs in a season. [8]

McKenzie played for Selkirk a matter of weeks later, moving from Gala, as a committee member on the Selkirk board had a vacancy on his farm. [9]

He later returned north to play for Highland again. [10]

Provincial career

McKenzie played for North and Midlands. [11]

On moving to Selkirk, he then played for South of Scotland District. [12]

On returning to the Highlands, he was again named in the North and Midlands squad. [13]

International career

He had 3 caps for Scotland U16s while at Strathallan School. [14]

He captained Scotland U21s. [15]

On four occasions he was selected as a Scotland 'B' replacement. [16]

MacKenzie was capped once in 1984 at prop against Australia on 8 December as part of their 1984 tour of Britain and Ireland. [1] Australia won the match 37–12 at Murrayfield. [1]

Farming career

He ran the family farm at Nigg with his brother Kenneth. [17]

He moved to the Borders then worked on a farm at Selkirk.

He now runs a farm near Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]

Business career

Shortly after moving to Selkirk and working on a farm there, Mackenzie got a job in Edinburgh as a trainee consultant at Hill Samuel Investment Services. Without the farm work keeping him fit, Mackenzie turned to the weights at the gym. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alexander MacKenzie". ESPNscrum. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19850122/361/0015
  3. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  5. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0006167/19770113/093/0015
  6. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19771111/351/0021
  7. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  8. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841006/338/0018
  9. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19841210&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  10. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/19890915/102/0010
  11. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  12. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  13. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/19890915/102/0010
  14. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  15. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  16. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  17. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
  18. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19841204/412/0022
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