Edward Stewart Boyce (born 14 December 1941) is an Australian former
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.
A native of
Sydney
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, Boyce is the twin brother of Wallabies winger
Jim Boyce
James Richard Wesley Boyce OBE (born 21 March 1944) is a former Vice-President of FIFA. He was the president of Northern Ireland's football organising body, the IFA, from 1995 to 2007.
Boyce played for Ballymena Cricket Club during the 1970s. ...
and attended
Scots College.
Boyce played first-grade for
Sydney University
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's six ...
while studying medicine and starred in the team's 1961
Shute Shield
The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...
title, with 14 tries during the campaign. He gained
Wallabies
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selection the following year for New Zealand's visit, featuring in both Test matches. After a self imposed year long absence due to his studies, Boyce was a regular fixture on the wing for the Wallabies from 1964 to 1967. His two tries against New Zealand in Wellington on the 1964 tour helped the Wallabies to their greatest winning margin over the All Blacks.
One of his teammates on that tour was his brother Jim, playing on the other wing. He played all five Tests on the
1966–67 tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
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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1941 births
Living people
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Sydney
Sydney University Football Club players
People educated at Scots College (Sydney)
University of Sydney alumni
Australian twins