Magnus Lund

{{short description|England international rugby union footballer}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Magnus Lund

| image = Magnus Lund.JPG

| birth_name = Magnus Burnett Lund

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|6|25}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}

| weight = {{convert|105|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}

| school = Lancaster Royal Grammar School

| university = Manchester Metropolitan University

| relatives = Erik Lund

| position = Flanker

| ru_currentteam =

| youthyears =

| youthclubs =

| years1 = 2002–2008

| years2 = 2008–2014

| years3 = 2014–2017

| clubs1 = Sale Sharks

| clubs2 = Biarritz Olympique

| clubs3 = Sale Sharks

| apps1 = 116

| apps2 = 97

| apps3 = 60

| points1 = 55

| points2 = 30

| points3 = 15

| ru_clubupdate = 7 June 2017

| repyears1 = 2005–2006

| repyears2 = 2006–2007

| repteam1 = England Saxons

| repteam2 = England

| repcaps1 =

| repcaps2 = 10

| reppoints1 =

| reppoints2 = 5

| repsevensyears1 = 2003–2006

| repsevensteam1 = England

| repsevenscomp1 = Commonwealth

| medals = {{MedalSport | Men's rugby sevens }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | Team competition }}

}}

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

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Sevens_Detail/StoryID/13249 |title=Team England announce rugby sevens squad for Melbourne |publisher=RFU |date=28 February 2006 |accessdate=2 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003222413/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Sevens_Detail/StoryID/13249 |archivedate=3 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }} In the 2005–06 season, Lund started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/5009064.stm |title=Sale 45–20 Leicester |publisher=BBC |date=27 May 2006 |accessdate=9 February 2014}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6320339.stm |title=England 42–20 Scotland |publisher=BBC |date=3 February 2007 |accessdate=2 August 2009}}

File:Magnus Lund-Touche BO-ASM.jpg He was called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7225333.stm |title=Injury-hit England call up trio |publisher=BBC |date=4 February 2008 |accessdate=5 February 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/08/02/04/manual_124313.html |title=England call up trio |publisher=Sportinglife |date=4 February 2008 |accessdate=5 February 2008}}

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.{{cite web |title=Erik Lund |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheJoueur5522.html |website=L'Equipe.fr |accessdate=14 September 2014}} In July 2014 Lund returned to the Sharks.{{cite news|title=Magnus Lund: Sale Sharks re-sign flanker from Biarritz|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/28400675|accessdate=10 September 2014}}