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The Rest (rugby Union)
British Lions v The Rest was a 1986 rugby union match that saw the British Lions play against ' The Rest' to celebrate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board. The Rest consisted of players from Australia, France, New Zealand and South Africa. At the time, there were only eight unions affiliated to the Board, thus only players from those countries were chosen. The Rest beat the Lions 15–7 in April 1986 in the match played at Cardiff Arms Park. British Lions selection The Lions team was selected by the Four Home Unions committee which organises Lions tours. The Lions would have toured South Africa in 1986 if the regular schedule had been followed, but in December 1985 the South African Rugby Board announced they would not be inviting the Lions side to tour South Africa the following year. Political objections to South Africa's apartheid policies including a potential boycott of the 1986 Commonwealth Games and state of emergency in South Africa at the time lay be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rugby competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 120 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, Americas North, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rutherford (rugby Union)
John Young Rutherford (born 4 October 1955) is a former Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p156 His regular playing position was Fly half. Rugby Union career Amateur career Rutherford played for Selkirk RFC, Selkirk. Rutherford was nicknamed Rud or Ruddie. Provincial career Rutherford was capped by South of Scotland rugby union team, South of Scotland. International career Rutherford gained 42 caps at Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half for Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland between 1979 and 1987. Richard Bath writes of him that: :"''Outside , perhaps only the Ireland national rugby union team, Irish pair of Tony Ward (rugby union), Tony Ward and Ollie Campbell were able to hold a candle to fly-half John Rutherford, the man who dominated Scottish back play for most of the 1980s... Deceptively quick and a natural athlete, he was able to boot the ball prodigious distances or beat a man one-on-one, seemingly at will. All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Estève
Patrick Estève (born Lavelanet, 14 February 1959) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing. He was nicknamed ''TGV''. He first played at Carcassonne, which he joined in 1964, aged only 5 years old, and would join the first team in 1975. He joined Stade Lavelanétien for the season of 1979/80. He had his most successful years at RC Narbonne, where he played from 1980/81 to 1986/87. He won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1984. After leaving RC Narbonne, he played for Castelnaudary in the minor leagues. He had 25 caps for France, from 1982 to 1987, scoring 12 tries, 48 points on aggregate. He played at the Five Nations Championship in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. He had 14 caps, scoring 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate. He was the top try scorer at the 1983 Five Nations Championship, scoring 5 tries, including one in each game. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed by French rugby fans as the '' Pelé of Rugby''. Blanco was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to a Venezuelan father and a Basque mother, but was raised in Biarritz, France. He made his international debut against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on 8 November 1980, which France lost 37–15. Playing career He scored the deciding try in the semi-final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, France winning 30–24 against hosts Australia. He also won Grand Slams with France in the 1981 and 1987 Five Nations Championship. Serge Blanco captained the French side in the 1991 Rugby World Cup before retiring after their quarter-final defeat by England on 19 October 1991. He won a total of 93 caps (a record at the time) and still holds t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Dacey
Malcolm Dacey (born 12 July 1960 in Swansea) is a former Wales international rugby union player who attained 15 international caps. An outside-half, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC. Dacey made an appearance for the British & Irish Lions, coming on as a replacement against a Rest of the World XV British Lions v The Rest was a 1986 rugby union match that saw the British Lions play against 'The Rest' to celebrate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board. The Rest consisted of players from Australia, France, New Zealand and ... in 1986. Dacey also played for the Five Nations XV versus the Overseas Unions in 1986. He also represented the Wales B team and the Barbarians. References Rugby union players from Swansea Welsh rugby union players Wales international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Swansea RFC players Cardiff RFC players Barbarian F.C. players 1960 births Living people Rugby union fly-halves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Paxton
Iain Angus McLeod Paxton (born 29 December 1957) is a Scottish former rugby union player. He won 36 caps for Scotland at number eight and lock between 1981 and 1988, scoring a total of five tries.Bath, p153 He also won four caps for the British Lions against New Zealand in 1983. Playing career Selkirk Paxton's old playing club was Selkirk. Scotland Paxton made his Scotland debut against New Zealand All Blacks on the 1981 tour and later that year he helped Scotland to a memorable 24-15 win over Australia at Murrayfield. He was also a key figure in Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam winning side, playing in all matches, relegating John Beattie to the bench. When he finished his career in 1988, Paxton was Scotland's most capped No. 8 with 36 caps. British Lions Paxton was a member of the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand and played in all four internationals for the Lions. Playing attributes Richard Bath writes of him that: :"''Against Wales in particular, Paxton was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Carr
Nigel Carr (born 27 July 1959) was an Ireland rugby union international whose promising career was cut short due to injuries sustained in an IRA bomb explosion. Early life Nigel John Carr was born in Belfast on 27 July 1959. He won Irish U-23 and 'B' caps in 1979 plus further 'B' appearances in 1980, 1982 and 1984, before winning his first senior cap in 1985. Senior rugby career Carr was renowned as one half of an extremely effective back-row duo along with Phillip Matthews. They played together at Regent House Grammar School, Queen's University, Ards RFC, Ulster and Ireland in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. Carr made his senior international debut against Scotland at Murrayfield on 2 February 1985 and was part of the Triple Crown winning side of 1985. He was on the subsequent 1985 Japan tour. He won his 12th and final cap in 1987 against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. Carr missed out on the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup because he was forced to prematurely end his career t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beattie (rugby Union)
John Ross Beattie (born 27 November 1957) is a Scottish broadcaster and former rugby union player. Early life and education Beattie was born to Scottish parents in North Borneo, where his father was manager of a rubber estate. He attended boarding school in Penang, Malaysia and the family returned to Scotland when he was eleven. and went to the Glasgow Academy. He studied at the University of Glasgow and gained a degree in Civil Engineering. Rugby Union career Amateur career Beattie played for Glasgow Schools, Glasgow Academicals and Heriot's. Provincial career He played for Glasgow District. He played for Combined Scottish Districts on 1 March 1986 against South of Scotland. International career He gained 2 caps for Scotland 'B' in 1980. He won his first international cap for Scotland at No. 8 on 2 February 1980 against Ireland at Lansdowne Road at the age of 22. He went on to earn a total of 25 Scotland caps. He toured twice with the British Lions, to South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jeffrey
John Jeffrey (born 25 March 1959 in Kelso in the Scottish Borders) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is an administrator for World Rugby. Rugby Union career Amateur career Jeffrey was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and Merchiston Castle School. His nicknames were "The Great White Shark" and "JJ", the former widely thought to be because of his blonde hair, though in a 1990 book called 'The Grudge' by Tom English, it is a nickname that was given to him because of his very white skin.Bath, p141 He played for Kelso. Provincial career He played for South of Scotland. International career He was capped by Scotland 'B' 3 times between 1983 and 1984. He won forty caps for Scotland between 1984 and 1991, making him, at the time, Scotland's most capped flanker. Often known to be first to the breakdown point, first with the tackle, or first with an inspired counter, Jeffrey had the ability to score important tries, of which he scored 11, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal Lenihan
Donal Gerard Lenihan (born 12 September 1959) is a retired Irish rugby union player. He appears regularly as a co-commentator on TV and radio for rugby matches and writes for the Irish Examiner. He also works as a financial consultant in Cork. Lenihan was inducted into the Munster Rugby Hall of Fame in April 2019. He was inducted into the Rugby Writers of Ireland Hall of Fame in November 2013. He was adjudged Irish rugby’s ‘Player of the Decade’ for the 1980s by the Irish Times. Lenihan was elected President of Cork Constitution Rugby Club in 2020-2021. Early life Lenihan was raised in a sporting background. His father, Gerald Lenihan, was an All-Ireland heavyweight boxing champion and Gaelic footballer of distinction, and played in the same team as Jack Lynch. Donal attended primary school he attended Saint Patrick’s on Gardiner's Hill and afterwards went to Christian Brothers College, Cork. He captained his school to Munster Junior and Senior Schools titles and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Dooley
Wade Dooley (born 2 October 1957) is a former England rugby union international who played lock forward. He played for his country 55 times and was known as the "Blackpool Tower", as a result of being 6 feet 8 inches tall and a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary in Blackpool. Dooley was born in Warrington, Northern England and played rugby league as a teenager, taking up rugby union aged 19. He played most of his career for Preston Grasshoppers, where he was nurtured by former England international and coach Dick Greenwood. He also had a brief spell with Fylde and with New Brighton F.C. Dooley made his international debut on 5 January 1985 against Romania. He later established a second row partnership with fellow police officer Paul Ackford. In 1987 he broke the cheekbone of Welsh player Phil Davies with a punch during a rough game in Cardiff. Dooley went on the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, playing in the final two test matches. He was also part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Fitzgerald
Desmond Fitzgerald (born 20 December 1957 in Dublin) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a prop forward. He played for the Ireland team from 1984 to 1992, winning 34 caps, after making his debut in February 1984 against England in a 12–9 defeat at Twickenham. He played in two Rugby World Cups: 1987 and 1991. He is the father of Irish International rugby player Luke Fitzgerald Luke Matthew Fitzgerald (born 13 September 1987) is a former rugby union player. He played at winger or fullback for Leinster. He retired in June 2016. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in .... Des was also an excellent GAA football player and he won a schools final while playing for De La Salle Rathfarnham National School in Croke Park in 1968. His son Luke is also a former Irish rugby union player who played as a winger or fullback for Leinster Rugby and Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
