William James Brown (born 19 August 1943) is a former Ireland
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international from Northern Ireland.
Born in
Belfast
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, Brown was a winger for
Malone and
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
, capped four times for
Ireland
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in 1970. He debuted in Ireland's draw against the Springboks at Lansdowne Road and featured in three
Five Nations fixtures, missing only the England match. Later in the year, he
toured Argentina with the national team and suffered a broken leg in a tour match.
See also
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List of Ireland national rugby union players
List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.
Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Z ...
References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Belfast
Ireland international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Malone RFC players
Ulster Rugby players