Magnus Lund

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Magnus Lund
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Birth nameMagnus Burnett Lund
Date of birth (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb)
School Lancaster Royal Grammar School
University Manchester Metropolitan University
Notable relative(s) Erik Lund
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2002–2008 Sale Sharks 116 (55)
2008–2014 Biarritz Olympique 97 (30)
2014–2017 Sale Sharks 60 (15)
Correct as of 7 June 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2006 England Saxons
2006–2007 England 10 (5)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2003–2006 England Commonwealth
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team competition

Magnus Lund (born 25 June 1983 in Manchester) is an English rugby union retired player.

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He was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School where he played for the first XV. He also studied Business Enterprise at the Manchester Metropolitan University. During his youth he represented England in both the under-16 and under-18 national sides.

Lund made his debut for the Sale Sharks in 2002 against the Bristol Shoguns. In 2002 he represented England at the under-19 World Cup in Italy. The following year he represented the under-21 team at the World Cup in South Africa. He then became a member of the England sevens side. [1] In the 2005–06 season, Lund started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. [2]

He was part of the 2006 Six Nations Championship Training squad, and was chosen in the 2006–07 Elite squad after a successful tour to Australia in the summer. Lund was chosen for England in the 2007 Six Nations Championship opener against Scotland, in which he scored a try as England won 42–20. [3]

Lund playing for Biarritz Magnus Lund-Touche BO-ASM.jpg
Lund playing for Biarritz

He was called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship. [4] [5]

Lund moved to Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque in June 2008 and spent six years playing for the French Top 14 club. He was a member of Biarritz when it finished runner-up to Toulouse in the 2010 Heineken Cup, and played with his brother Erik Lund there when the elder Lund joined the club in 2010. [6] In July 2014 Lund returned to the Sharks. [7]

Family

Lund's father, Morten Lund, was an international basketball player for Norway, and stayed in England after studying in Manchester. He now lives back in Oslo, where Magnus tries to visit twice a year. [8] Lund's elder brother, Erik, is the captain of the Norwegian national rugby union team and plays for the French Top 14 club Biarritz Olympique.

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References

  1. ↑ "Team England announce rugby sevens squad for Melbourne". RFU. 28 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Sale 45–20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "England 42–20 Scotland". BBC. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Injury-hit England call up trio". BBC. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  5. ↑ "England call up trio". Sportinglife. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Erik Lund". L'Equipe.fr. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Magnus Lund: Sale Sharks re-sign flanker from Biarritz". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  8. ↑ [ permanent dead link ] father played basketball
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