Patrick John McGrath (born 20 August 1941) is an Irish former
rugby union
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international.
Born in
Burma
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, McGrath attended
Rockwell College
Rockwell College (), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland.
The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools Senior Cup 26 times and the Munster ...
and was a good schoolboy athlete, winning All-Ireland junior titles in the 100 metres hurdles and pole vault.
Most suited to the wing, he played his rugby for Munster and
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...
, where he studied medicine.
He was capped 10 times for
Ireland
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(#709) between 1965 and 1967, scoring four tries.
At
Musgrave Park, McGrath was part of the 1967 Munster team that beat Australia 11-8 in front of 10,000 spectators.
In 1969, McGrath also appeared in 10 matches for
Waikato Rugby (#638) in New Zealand provincial rugby, scoring five tries (15 points). He represented the Hamilton Marist club.
In 2023, McGrath was named at number 11 in the University College Cork Rugby Team of 150 years.
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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1941 births
Living people
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
People educated at Rockwell College
Alumni of University College Cork
University College Cork RFC players
Munster Rugby players
Waikato rugby union players
Rugby union wings