John Manning (born c. 1880) 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 its m ...

player who represented Australia. Manning, a

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, was born in Sydney and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 23 July 1904.

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