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Former South Alastair MacGregor XV Martin is the new president of the FERUCHI. |
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'''Alistair MacGregor Martin''' is a former rugby union international who represented [[Chile national rugby union team|Chile]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was noted as one of the finest playes in Chile and as such was selected to play for a [[World XV]] against Argentina in 1980.<ref name="Scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/9227.html Alistair MacGregor Profile on scrum.com]</ref>. <ref name="Scrum"/> |
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Trying to end a messy institutional period, the Chilean rugby unanimously elected one of their heroes to lead the new road. |
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==Early life== |
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The new board will be chaired by former eighth of Alastair MacGregor Condors, who in 1980 joined the staff of The Jaguars (South XV) in his first tour of South Africa. That same year he faced the Pumas in a match against a Rest of the World, forming a third line wing with the Englishman John Scott and Frenchman Jean Pierre Rives. |
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Alastair MacGregor Martin was born on 30 June 1954<ref>[http://www.tell.cl/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1597&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0]</ref> and attended the [[The Mackay School]] in Chile.<ref>[http://www.oldmackayans.cl/site_v202/InterView.asp?ID=120 The Mackay School Old Boys Association interview with Alastair MacGregor Martin]</ref> |
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==Rugby career== |
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In Chile, he faced the Pumas in 1977 (they scored a try) and was captain in 1979. An engineer by profession, his election was conducted on the premises of the Olympic Committee of Chile. MacGregor, the Old Mackayans Renaissance Club, will replace Carlos Silva Echiburu. |
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Alastair MacGregor Martin played his club rugby for his school's old boys club, the Old Mackayans Renaissance Club, and led them to national cup wins on more than one occasion. |
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For Chile, he first faced the Pumas in 1977 and by 1979 was captain of his national side. He was also part of the 1980 side that toured [[South Africa]]. Notably, in 1980 he also played for a [[World XV]] on 9th August 1980 against {{nrut|Argentina}} in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.<ref name="Scrum2">[http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/21315.html Player list for World XV]</ref> alongside [[John Scott (rugby union)|John Scott]] and [[Jean Pierre Rives]]. |
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The new executive board will take office next Tuesday, 1 April and will be driving the Chilean rugby until December 31, 2009. |
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In 2009 he became the president of the [[Federación de Rugby de Chile]] (FERUCHI) replacing Carlos Silva Echiburu. This was in response to what was described as a messy institutional period, when the Chilean rugby chiefs looked to one of the countries former rugby greats to lead the new road.<ref name="rugbya">[http://rugbyactualidad.blogspot.com/2008/03/un-histrico-al-mando-de-la-feruchi.html ]</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Alistair MacGregor Martin is an engineer by profession<ref name="rugbya"/>. |
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Faced with a crisis of national proportions in rugby, marked by "Condor" poorly organized and without competition, a central event that takes place every time in less time and are leaders who do not trust or understand why they need the players, the message was clear. At the end of this past March, Alastair MacGregor Martin (06/30/1954) was unanimously elected as new president of the Federation of Rugby (Feruchi).<ref>[http://www.tell.cl/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1597&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0]</ref> |
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Interview for Mackay School Old Boys - <ref>[http://www.oldmackayans.cl/site_v202/InterView.asp?ID=120]</ref> |
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{{Rugby union in Chile}} |
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Alistair MacGregor Martin is a former rugby union international who represented Chile in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was noted as one of the finest playes in Chile and as such was selected to play for a World XV against Argentina in 1980.[1]. [1]
Early life
Alastair MacGregor Martin was born on 30 June 1954[2] and attended the The Mackay School in Chile.[3]
Rugby career
Alastair MacGregor Martin played his club rugby for his school's old boys club, the Old Mackayans Renaissance Club, and led them to national cup wins on more than one occasion.
For Chile, he first faced the Pumas in 1977 and by 1979 was captain of his national side. He was also part of the 1980 side that toured South Africa. Notably, in 1980 he also played for a World XV on 9th August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.[4] alongside John Scott and Jean Pierre Rives.
In 2009 he became the president of the Federación de Rugby de Chile (FERUCHI) replacing Carlos Silva Echiburu. This was in response to what was described as a messy institutional period, when the Chilean rugby chiefs looked to one of the countries former rugby greats to lead the new road.[5]
Career
Alistair MacGregor Martin is an engineer by profession[5].
References