John Arthur Sibley Wackett (27 September 1930 – 24 February 2024) was an English international
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 ...
player.
Born in
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, 39,201 at the 2011 census, and 41,265 at the 2021 census. The settlement is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House ...
, Wackett was educated at
Welwyn Garden City Grammar and played his early career for
Welwyn RFC
Welwyn Rugby Football Club (Commonly abbreviated as Welwyn RFC) is an English rugby union club playing in London 2 North West following their promotion from London 3 North West as runners up at the end of the 2017–18 season.
History
The clu ...
, before moving on to London club
Rosslyn Park.
Wackett made 37 appearances for Hertfordshire and gained two
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
caps as a hooker in the
1959 Five Nations Championship
The 1959 Five Nations Championship was the thirtieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby u ...
, against Wales in Cardiff and Ireland in Dublin.
See also
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List of England national rugby union players
This article represents a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team, in the order that they received their first Cap (sport), cap. The list only includes players who have played in an official Test match (rugby union ...
References
External links
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John Wackettat
England Rugby
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1930 births
2024 deaths
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Hertfordshire
Rugby union hookers
Rosslyn Park F.C. players
Hertfordshire RFU players
20th-century English sportsmen