Colm Tucker (22 September 1952 – 11 January 2012) was an international

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player. He toured

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in 1980 with the British Lions during a period when at club level he was representing

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. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick. Colm Tucker had the ‘misfortune’ to have his surname misprinted in the programme for the international against France in Paris in 1980. Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59."Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker"
. ''RTÉ Sport''. 11 January 2012.

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