Peter Lillington
Scottish rugby union player
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Peter Murray Lillington (born 1959 in Ely, Cambridgeshire) is a former Scotland 'B' international rugby union player.[1]
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Lillington competed for Durham University RFC as an undergraduate. He continued his studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he played for Cambridge University R. U. F. C.[2] For his club rugby, Lillington turned out for Harlequins.[3]
Provincial career
He played for the Anglo-Scots district side in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
International career
He had two caps for Scotland 'B'. Both caps were against France 'B' from 1981 to 1982.[5][6]
He represented Scotland as a forward on the 1981 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand.[7]
Lillington initially pulled out of the tour due to university examinations clashing with the tour schedule, but was recalled to the Scotland squad in June after exams were over.[8][9] He was not capped in a test match.
Family
He is the son of former sprinter Alan Lillington.[10]
