Roger James Clegg (born 4 December 1948) is a former Ireland
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 ...
international from Northern Ireland.
Clegg was a tighthead prop from
Bangor, County Down
Bangor ( ; ) is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough. It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linked ...
. He attended
Bangor Grammar School
(Maintain justice)
, established = 1856
, type = Voluntary grammar school
, religious_affiliation = Interdenominational
, head_label = Principal
, head = E P Huddleson
, r_head_label = Chaplains
, r_head = Nig ...
and played his rugby for
Bangor RFC
Bangor Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Bangor) is a Welsh rugby union team based in Bangor, North Wales. Bangor RFC is a founding member of the Welsh Rugby Union. The club fields a Seniors, Youth, Juniors and Ladies teams.
History
Bangor ...
. Between 1973 and 1975, Clegg gained five international caps for
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, all in the
Five Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...
. He was on the
1976 Ireland tour of Oceania and later served as captain of Ulster.
See also
*
List of Ireland national rugby union players
List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team.
Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Z ...
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Rugby union players from County Down
Ireland international rugby union players
Ulster Rugby players
Bangor RFC (Northern Ireland) players
Rugby union props
People educated at Bangor Grammar School
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