Paul Kitchener Collins (30 August 1915 — 26 December 2005) was an Australian

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international. Collins was born in

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and attended

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, where he won colours in athletics, cricket and rugby union. A fly-half, Collins was first called up by the

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in 1937, making his Test debut against the Springboks at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was capped a further two times the following year, in home Tests against the

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, then made the team for the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland, which was abandoned two days after they arrived in England due to the war. His first-grade rugby was played for Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Gordon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Paul 1915 births 2005 deaths Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union fly-halves West Harbour RFC players Eastern Suburbs RUFC players Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players Gordon RFC players People educated at Barker College New South Wales rugby union team players 20th-century Australian sportsmen

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