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

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Magnus Lund

Birth name	Magnus Burnett Lund
Date of birth	(1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb)
School	Lancaster Royal Grammar School
University	Manchester Metropolitan University
Notable relative(s)	Erik Lund
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2008 2008–2014 2014–2017 Sale Sharks Biarritz Olympique Sale Sharks 116 97 60 (55) (30) (15) Correct as of 7 June 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2006 2006–2007 England Saxons England 10 (5) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2003–2006 England Commonwealth
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team competition

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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.^[1] In the 2005–06 season, Lund started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.^[2]

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.^[3]

He was called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.^[4][5]

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.^[6] In July 2014 Lund returned to the Sharks.^[7]

Lund's father, Morten Lund, was an international basketball player for Norway, and stayed in England after studying in Manchester. He now lives back in Oslo, where Magnus tries to visit twice a year.^[8] Lund's elder brother, Erik, is the captain of the Norwegian national rugby union team and plays for the French Top 14 club Biarritz Olympique.