Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian
rugby union
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international.
Early life and education
Garner was born in
Yass and educated at
De La Salle College Armidale and the
University of Sydney
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. He played first-grade for the
Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.
Career
A speed winger, Garner gained two
Wallabies
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caps on the historic
1949 tour of New Zealand, where they claimed a first ever away series win over the
All Blacks
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. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.
Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951
Shute Shield grand final.
See also
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List of Australia national rugby union players
List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the posit ...
References
External links
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1927 births
2012 deaths
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from New South Wales
Sydney University Football Club players
People from Yass
New South Wales rugby union team players
20th-century Australian sportsmen