Jeffrey James McLean (26 January 1947 — 6 August 2010) was an Australian
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 ...
international.
McLean is the grandson of dual-code international
Doug McLean and elder brother of
Wallabies
A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...
fly-half/fullback
Paul McLean. Two uncles and a cousin were also capped for the Wallabies.
Born in
Ipswich, Queensland, McLean attended
St Edmund's College, Ipswich and growing up primarily competed in athletics. A member of the Mayne Harriers Athletics Club, McLean specialised in sprint races, with his 10.4 second effort in the 100 metres earning him selection for the
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
trials.
McLean, a winger, began his rugby career with
Brothers Old Boys and was soon chosen to make his representative debut for Queensland. On the back of a two-try performance for Queensland against the touring Springboks in 1971, McLean made his Wallabies debut in Brisbane and gained a total of 13 caps in a three-year international career. He accumulated 85 points on the
1972 tour of New Zealand (including non-capped matches) and scored two tries against the
All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, ...
in Christchurch. His brother Paul made his Test debut in McLean's final Wallabies appearance in 1974.
A publican by profession, McLean died of cancer in 2010, aged 63.
See also
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List of Australia national rugby union players
List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), Test match.
Note that the "position" co ...
References
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1947 births
2010 deaths
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Ipswich, Queensland
Brothers Old Boys players