Terry Kingston (born 19 September 1963 in

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) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a hooker.

Career

Gaining his first full cap for the Ireland national team which played Wales in the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 mat ...

, he went on to win 30 caps for Ireland. In total he played in three

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s, at

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

and

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

where he was captain of the Irish team. He is also a former

Munster Rugby Munster Rugby () is one of the professional provincial rugby union, rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union, ...

player, and was captain of the Munster team that beat Australia (the then Rugby World Cup holders) in 1992. He retired from representative rugby in 1996.

References

1963 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Ireland national rugby union team captains Rugby union hookers Munster Rugby players Rugby union players from Cork (city) 1987 Rugby World Cup players 1991 Rugby World Cup players 1995 Rugby World Cup players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub