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Ronald Frederick Hakin (born 3 September 1950) is a former Ireland
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international from Northern Ireland. Hakin was a lock and no. 8 from
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, where he played for the CIYMS club. He was capped six times for
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from 1976 to 1977, featuring in two Five Nations campaigns and the 1976 tour of New Zealand. In the early 1980s, he competed in English rugby with
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, during which time he represented Somerset at county level. He was on the bench in Bath's 1983–84 John Player Cup final win over Bristol. Outside of rugby, he worked as a school teacher.


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