Patrick Casey (rugby union)
Birth name | Patrick Joseph Casey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 August 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Rugby Union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Casey (born 4 August 1941, Dublin, Ireland), commonly called Pat Casey, was an Ireland rugby union player.
He began playing rugby at school at C.B.C. Monkstown before moving onto University College Dublin. He played for Lansdowne Football Club (where he is in their hall of fame[1]) and provincially for Leinster. He made his international debut on 16 January, 1963 against France. He was capped 12 times, scoring three tries for Ireland at wing playing alongside the likes of Mike Gibson, Tony O'Reilly, Tom Kiernan and Willie John McBride.[citation needed]
Casey scored one of the greatest tries in Irish rugby history against England in an 18–5 rout at Twickenham in 1964. A move begun by débutante fly half Mike Gibson in their 22 was finished off by Casey. The game was one of the first ever rugby games captured by RTÉ television cameras. It is the largest win by any "Home Nation" team against England of all time in Twickenham.[2][3]
Casey also scored a try for Leinster in the same year versus the All Blacks in an 11–8 defeat. A 40-yard interception almost made history for the Irish province.[4]
References
- ^ "Lansdowne Rugby Club-c/o RDS Ballsbridge Dublin 4 Co. Dublin Ireland". Archived from the original on 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Irish Abroad - Irish American News". Archived from the original on 19 October 2006.
- ^ "Mike Gibson (Ireland) - Wall of Fame - World Rugby Museum". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
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