George Buchanan-Smith Explained

George Buchanan-Smith
Birth Name:George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith
Birth Date:20 July 1964
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Ru Position:Flanker
Repteam1:Scotland 'B'
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:4
Repyears1:1989
Repteam2:Scotland
Repcaps2:2
Reppoints2:0
Repyears2:1989-90
Ru Province:Scottish Exiles
Ru Provinceyears:-
Amatteam1:Loughborough Students
Amatteam2:London Scottish
University:Loughborough University

George Buchanan-Smith (born 20 July 1964) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He represented Scotland from 1989 to 1990.[1]

Early life

George Buchanan-Smith was born in July 1964 in Edinburgh.[1] 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.[2]

Provincial career

He played for the Scottish Exiles district side[3] as a Flanker.[4]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1989.[5]

Buchanan-Smith made his international debut on 28 October 1989 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Fiji match.[1] Of the 2 matches he played for his national side he was never on the losing side.[1] He played his final match for Scotland on 10 November 1990 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Argentina match.[1]

Later life

George Buchanan-Smith went on to become franchisee and operator of three McDonald's restaurants in Dunfermline, Scotland.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/10553.html George Buchanan-Smith Profile on scrum.com
  2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. 2021-08-04. news.google.com.
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search.
  4. Web site: George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith . 2022-10-02 . ESPN scrum.
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19890220&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  6. Web site: Adam Buchanan Smith mentioned as franchisee in Dunfermline Press . 16 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002232609/http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/1/29356/ . 2 October 2011 . dead .