Michael Dods (born

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, 30 December 1968) was a Scottish

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player.Bath, p. 138 He played as a wing and as a fullback. He played for

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and Northampton RFC. He had 8 caps for

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, from 1994 to 1996, scoring 3 tries, 1 conversion and 21 penalties, an amazing aggregate of 80 points. He played 5 times at the

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, 1 in 1994 and 4 in 1996. In the 1996 Five Nations Championship, he scored 3 tries, 1 conversion and 10 penalties, 47 points in aggregate. He was the top try scorer in the competition, with 3 tries. His brother

Peter Dods Peter Dods (born 6 January 1958) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fullback. Rugby union career Amateur career Dods played for Gala at fullback. Provincial career Dods was capped by So ...

was also capped for Scotland.

References

* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )

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* 1968 births Living people England international rugby sevens players Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Galashiels Rugby union wings Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Northampton Saints players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1960s-stub