The Oban Times

Edinburgh Rugby re-sign Magnus Bradbury

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Oban’s internatio­nal backrow Magnus Bradbury has become the latest player to commit his future to Edinburgh Rugby after putting pen-to-paper on a new deal.

Bradbury, 24, has been a stalwart for the capital club since breaking into the first XV as a teenager and now re-signs following a stellar year that saw him establish himself as a Scotland starter at the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Bradbury – who has featured in nine matches so far this season – said: ‘I’m really happy to have been given the opportunit­y to re-sign with the club that I’ve spent my whole career with.

‘It’s a great place to be and it’s brilliant to be part of a team that is so driven to succeed and compete at the highest level.

‘Edinburgh is an exciting place to be at the moment and I’m looking forward to seeing the results that this team can produce moving forward.’

Head Coach Richard Cockerill added: ‘Magnus has developed into a really strong, internatio­nal calibre back-row and he’ll be a big player for this club in the years to come.’

Having come through the ranks at Oban High School, Bradbury made a name for himself as an abrasive ball carrier at a young age and soon represente­d Edinburgh at under-18 level as well as Scotland at under-17 level.

The back-row transferre­d to the city’s Merchiston Castle School for his final years of studies where his rugby progressed further at both Boroughmui­r RFC and through the club’s academy system.

Bradbury signed an Academy contract with Edinburgh Rugby in the summer of 2014 before making his full debut against Leinster at the RDS Arena in October 2014 at just 19 years old.

He quickly proved himself as one the team’s strongest ball carriers in the loose, while his attacking prowess soon came to the fore with his first try for the club in a 23-0 bonus-point win over Agen in January 2016.

Bradbury earned a call-up to the Scotland squad for that year’s Autumn Internatio­nal Tests at BT Murrayfiel­d and made his internatio­nal debut, starting at blindside flanker as the national team secured a 19-16 win over Argentina in November 2016.

He penned a new three-year deal prior to the 2017/18 season, before making his 50th appearance for the club against Ulster in April 2018.

After missing out on the initial 31-man Scotland squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Bradbury was called into set-up as an injury replacemen­t for clubmate Jamie Ritchie, and ended the tournament with three pool stage appearance­s against Samoa, Russia and Japan.

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Magnus in action for Scotland.
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Magnus Bradbury.

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