George Mackie (rugby union)

George Yuill Mackie (19 April 1949 – 3 April 2020)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player. Mackie played for the Scotland national rugby union team between 1975 and 1978 and took part in the 1975 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand.[2] He was the only player capped by Scotland while representing Highland RFC.[3] Outside rugby Mackie was a farmer and a local councillor for Nazeing. His father, John Mackie, was a Labour MP.[2]

References
  1. "George Mackie". ESPN. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. White, Michael (16 April 2020). "George Mackie obituary". The Guardian.
  3. MacLennan, Chris (6 April 2020). "Obituary: Highland rugby stalwart, who was the only player to be capped by Scotland while at the north club, loses cancer battle". The Press and Journal.
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