Rugby player
| Birth name | George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1964-07-20) 20 July 1964 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Buchanan-Smith (born 20 July 1964) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He represented Scotland from 1989 to 1990.
Early life
George Buchanan-Smith was born in July 1964 in Edinburgh. He attended Fettes College and later studied at Loughborough University.
His grandfather was Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, a British soldier and prominent geneticist.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
He played for Loughborough Students before playing for London Scottish.
Provincial career
He played for the Scottish Exiles district side as a Flanker.
International career
He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1989.
Buchanan-Smith made his international debut on 28 October 1989 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Fiji match. Of the 2 matches he played for his national side he was never on the losing side. He played his final match for Scotland on 10 November 1990 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Argentina match.
Later life
George Buchanan-Smith went on to become franchisee and operator of three McDonald's restaurants in Dunfermline, Scotland. George Buchanan-Smith had a short career as Bungle in Rainbow.
References
- ^ George Buchanan-Smith Profile on scrum.com
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "Adam Buchanan Smith mentioned as franchisee in Dunfermline Press". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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