Andrew John McIntyre (born Toowoomba, 23 December 1955) is a former Australian rugby union player, who played as prop.

Biography

Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, on

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, McIntyre practiced rugby union in the University of Queensland RC team, with which he won the

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, beating

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in 1979, when the final was replayed due to a draw;Daddy of grand finals
/ref> Mcintyre also played for the Queensland representative team in the 1980s. He had his first cap for the

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during the 1982 Bledisloe Cup against the

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, and took part in the matches of the

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in Britain, where Australia won its first Grand Slam in the Northern Hemisphere. Three years later, McIntyre was called in the Australian national team to play the

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, where the Wallabies finished in fourth place, and played his last international match in 1989, also against

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, the team against which he played the first of his 38 international matches.

Notes

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Andy 1955 births Living people Australia international rugby union players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Queensland