Erik Lund is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 rugby union footballer who plays lock forward for Norway

Norway national rugby union team

Norway national rugby union team is a member of the FIRA - Association of European Rugby and plays in the 3B division of the European Nations Cup...

 and since 2010 for the French team Biarritz

Biarritz Olympique

Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup...

, where he joined his younger brother Magnus

Magnus Lund

Magnus Lund is an English Rugby Union player, who plays in the back row for Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque.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...

. He formerly captained Leeds Carnegie.

The son of Norwegian basketball international Morten Lund

Morten Lund

Morten Lund, is an entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark. Along with Soren Kenner, Lund is founder and managing partner of LundKenner, a venture capital firm focusing on technology ventures...

, his family moved to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 when he was 6 months old, where future England

England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...

 flanker Magnus was born.

Erik Lund played for the Jesmond Jaguars while he was at the University of Newcastle and has always freely admitted it was one of his favourite teams to play in and so many of the other players could easily have followed him into the professional ranks.

He became a computer programmer after graduating and started playing rugby socially with Winnington Park

Winnington Park

Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club situated in Winnington, Northwich in Cheshire, England.-Rugby Union:The club was founded in 1907 as a rugby union club. Currently they play in the Northern Division, North 2 West league. The club's record try scorer was a Mr S...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, but he started taking steps up the rugby ladder, moving on to Manchester Rugby Club

Manchester Rugby Club

Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....

, Fylde Rugby Club

Fylde Rugby Club

Fylde Rugby Union Club is a rugby union club based in Lytham St Annes, on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England. Its home venue is the Woodlands Memorial Ground on Blackpool Road in Ansdell...

, Sedgley Park R.U.F.C.

Sedgley Park R.U.F.C.

Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club, the 1st XV team of which play under the name of Sedgley Tigers, are a rugby union club based in Whitefield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester. They currently play in National Division One, the third tier of the English rugby union league...

 and Rotherham R.U.F.C.

Rotherham R.U.F.C.

Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a professional rugby union team from Rotherham, Yorkshire, currently playing in the English RFU Championship-History:...

. He also became an international rugby player, returning to play for Norway

Norway national rugby union team

Norway national rugby union team is a member of the FIRA - Association of European Rugby and plays in the 3B division of the European Nations Cup...

 when his work commitments would allow.

Following an impressive season for Rotherham in National Division One, he was signed by Leeds.

Nicknamed the Viking, which was his wrestling name – something he almost entered professionally.

He picked for the Barbarians

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

 squad against Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

 in June 2011..

External links

• http://www.leedscarnegie.co.uk/index_teamprofile_erik_lund.htm
• http://www.skysports.com/rugbyunion/player/0,20330,12548_257948,00.html
• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby/article3105635.ece
• http://www.scrum.com/251_49527.php