Ronald Christopher Martin (born 27 June 1961) is an English former
rugby union
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international who represented
England
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in four Test matches during the 1980s.
A native of
Truro
Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...
, Martin played his rugby for
Bath and made his international appearances in the
1985 Five Nations Championship
The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby ...
, where he was England's starting fullback in all four matches. He proved at times susceptible under the high ball and made a particularly costly mistake against Wales which led to a match turning try. These remained his only Test caps for England, although he did retain his place in the squad for the
1985 New Zealand tour.
See also
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List of England national rugby union players
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at whi ...
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Bath Rugby players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Truro