Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939)Griffiths (1987), 12:24. was an

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international

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flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne. Le Fanu was educated at

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and would later play for

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rugby team. He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886. His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.

International career

Le Fanu was first capped for

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on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.

International matches played

* 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1892 * 1887, 1889, 1892 * 1886, 1888, 1892

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Fanu, Victor 1865 births 1939 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Cambridge R.U.F.C. players Ireland international rugby union players Irish rugby union players Lansdowne Football Club players People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from County Dublin