Education
He attended the Duke of York"s Royal Military School and was their 1st Rugby Captain in 1971.
He attended the Duke of York"s Royal Military School and was their 1st Rugby Captain in 1971.
He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, playing in all four internationals each tour. At the time he played club rugby for Angoulême and he also played for Wasps Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Swansea Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Maurice Colclough was born on 2 September 1953 in Oxford. He is regarded as one of the most famous Alumni of the school.
He later attended the University of Liverpool and also went on to play for Liverpool Street Helens.
Having played for Liverpool Reconstruction Finance Corporation he went on to become one of the first Englishmen to play in France, and ended up captaining Angoulême and he also later played for Wasps Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Swansea Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Colclough made his international debut on 4 March 1978 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs England match. Of the 33 matches he played for England he was on the winning side on 17 occasions.
He played his final match for England on 15 March 1986 at Parc des Princes in the France vs England match. He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, playing in all four internationals each tour.
In 1983 he scored a try for England against New Zealand at Twickenham.
He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22. Colclough retired from rugby in 1986. In 2006 he lost a long battle against a brain tumor and died on 27 January 2006.