Michael Hunter (rugby union)

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Michael Hunter
Birth nameMichael Douglas Hunter
Date of birth (1945-04-24) 24 April 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow District ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971-72 Scotland 'B' 2 (0)
1974 Scotland 1 (0)
1974 Penguins

Michael Hunter (born 24 April 1945) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow HSFP. [2]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District. [2] He was part of the Glasgow side that shared the 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship with North and Midlands.

He played for Scotland Possibles on the trial match against the Scotland Probables side on 11 January 1975. He replaced Jordanhill's Andy Dougall in the centre. It was a strange trial; instead of playing 2 halves of 40 minutes, they played 3 thirds of 30 minutes each. In the first third, Hunter scored a try; and at the end of that third the Possibles were leading 6-0. The Probables came back into the match, but the Possibles ultimately took a rare victory, by 19 points to 16 points, in the fixture. [3]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' twice, between 1971 and 1972, both times against France 'B'.

He received a full senior cap for Scotland in 1974, against France in the Five Nations Championship. It was his only cap. [4]

He went on the Penguins tour of Bermuda in 1974. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Douglas Hunter". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Michael Hunter - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  5. ↑ "Playing | Past Tours and Matches | International | 1974 | Bermuda". www.penguinrugby.com.


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