Magnus Lund

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Magnus Lund
Personal information
Full name Magnus Lund
Date of birth 25 June 1983 (1983-06-25) (age 24)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 16 st 7 lbs (105 kg)
Nickname Maggie, Hutch, Lundy, Maggs
School Lancaster Royal Grammar School
College Manchester Metropolitan University
Notable relative(s)    Erik Lund
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Clubs Caps (points)
2002 ‐ Sale Sharks
National team(s) Caps (points)

2006 ‐		 England Saxons
England
10
(5)

Magnus Lund (born in 25 June 1983) in Manchester, is an English rugby union footballer, who plays in the back row for Sale Sharks.

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.

He is part of the 2006 RBS 6 Nations Training squad, 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 opener against Scotland, in which he scored a try as England won 42-20.

He has been linked with a move to Franklin's Gardens to play for Northampton Saints in the 2008/9 season. [1]

He was called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship. [2] [3]

[edit] Trivia

Lund's favourite television program is Pimp My Ride, and enjoys DJing at home.[4]

Lund's father, Morten, 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.[5]

Lund's elder brother, Erik, is the captain of the Norwegian national rugby union team and now plays for Leeds Carnegie who have recently been promoted to the Guinness Premiership.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ [1]Reported in Rugby Times
  2. ^ Injury-hit England call up trio. BBC (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  3. ^ England call up trio. Sportinglife (2008-02-04). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  4. ^ [2]hobbies in the Telegraph
  5. ^ [3]father played basketball

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