Magnus Lund
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| Born | Magnus Burnett Lund 25 June 1983 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Lancaster Royal Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Manchester Metropolitan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Erik Lund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Magnus Lund (born 25 June 1983 in Manchester) is an English rugby union retired player.
He was educated at St Thomas's School and the Lancaster Royal Grammar School[1] 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.[2] In the 2005–06 season, Lund started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[3]
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.[4]
He was called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.[5][6]
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.[7] In July 2014 Lund returned to the Sharks.[8]
Family
[edit]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.[9] 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.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mrs Lund's boys go for Twickers double". The Westmorland Gazette. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Team England announce rugby sevens squad for Melbourne". RFU. 28 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ↑ "Sale 45–20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "England 42–20 Scotland". BBC. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ↑ "Injury-hit England call up trio". BBC. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ↑ "England call up trio". Sportinglife. 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ↑ "Erik Lund". L'Equipe.fr. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ "Magnus Lund: Sale Sharks re-sign flanker from Biarritz". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ [permanent dead link] father played basketball
External links
[edit]- Profile at Sale Sharks
- Profile at England Rugby at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-03)
- Magnus Lund at ESPNscrum (archived)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
- Biarritz Olympique players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- England international rugby sevens players
- England international rugby union players
- English people of Norwegian descent
- English rugby union players
- English expatriate rugby union players in France
- Male rugby sevens players
- People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Manchester
- Sale Sharks players
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen