Henry Flexmore "Harry" Roberts (born 27 February 1939) was a
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
player who represented
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Roberts, a
fly-half
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...
, was born in
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
and claimed four international rugby caps for Australia. He represented
Terrace Rugby[ St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace] as a 1st XV player from year 10 to 12 (1954–56) including the 56' premiership team.
Great Public Schools Association of Queensland – Rugby Union
The nine Queensland GPS boys' schools have competed in an annual Rugby Union premiership since 1918 (changing to Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a f ...
References
External links
Brothers Rugby Club History* Wallabies website
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
1939 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Brisbane
Rugby union fly-halves
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