Micky Young
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31 December 1988
Durham School
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| Born | Michael Young 31 December 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brierton Comprehensive Durham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Northumbria University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Young (born 31 December 1988) is an English Scrum half Rugby Union player for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.[1]
He played for the Newcastle Falcons Middlesex Sevens side, helping them to the title in 2007.[2] In 2008 he made his senior debut for the club, making 79 appearances in his three full seasons.[3] Young moved to Leicester in 2011, remaining there until 2013 during which time Leicester won the premiership in 2013 and Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2012.[4] In 2013 Young signed for Leicester's Premiership rival, Bath.[5]
On 5 February 2015, it was announced Young had re-signed for Newcastle Falcons.[6]
Young left Newcastle at the end of the 2022–23 Premiership season to join French side Toulon as a World Cup Joker.[7] At the end of the World Cup, Young left Toulon and joined Premiership side Gloucester as injury cover.[8]