Dugald MacDonald

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'''Dugald Alexander MacDonald''' (born 20 January 1950) is a South African former rugby union player of Scottish origins. He played for {{nrut|South Africa}} against the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p139</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dugald Alexander Macdonald|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/8288.html|access-date=2020-06-21|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>

His younger brother Donald was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} seven times.<ref name=Bath1/>

== Biography== Based in Cape Town, MacDonald played provincial rugby in South Africa for {{Rut|Western Province}} from 1972 to 1975.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parker|first=A. C.|title=W.P. Rugby : centenary, 1883-1983|publisher=WPRFU|others=Western Province Rugby Football Union (South Africa)|year=1983|isbn=0-620-06555-9|edition=1st|location=Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa|pages=126|oclc=54188953}}</ref> He acted as the President of the University of Cape Town Rugby Club for 15 years with his tenure coming to an end during the first quarter of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global leader is new Ikey Tigers president|url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-03-29-global-leader-is-new-ikey-tigers-president|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.news.uct.ac.za|language=en}}</ref> His elder son, Dugald MacDonald, plays flanker for the Oxford Greyhounds, while his younger son, Alexander MacDonald, played flanker for the University of Cape Town 1st team in 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-14|title=UJ lay down serious marker|url=https://www.varsitycup.co.za/news/uj-lay-down-serious-marker|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Varsity Cup|language=en}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

=== Test history === {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Opponents !! Results (RSA 1st) !! Position !! Tries !! Dates !! Venue |- | 1. || {{flag|British and Irish Lions|name=British Lions}} || 9–28 || Number 8 || || 22 June 1974|| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |}

==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. '''470'''

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})

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