Full name | John Ernest Charles Meadows | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 February 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||
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John Ernest Charles Meadows (born 2 February 1949) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Meadows was born in London and attended Sheerness Boy's Technical School, Kent. [1] Moving with his family to Melbourne as a teenager, he finished his schooling at Prahran High School. [2]
A strong scrummaging prop, Meadows played for the Kiwis club of Melbourne, the only non New Zealander in the expatriate formed club. [2] He was a protege of Wales and British Lions prop John O'Shea, an immigrant to Melbourne. [2]
Having impressed at state level for Victoria, Meadows made his Wallabies debut in 1974, against the All Blacks in Sydney. [1] He was capped 22 times in total, featuring on the 1975–76 and 1981–82 British tours. [1] Towards the end of his career, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, but after successful treatment returned to Wallabies colours. [1]
Meadows represented Queensland after relocating in 1982 to work for Wallaby Stan Pilecki's company. [3] [4]
Full name | John Ernest Charles Meadows | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 February 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Ernest Charles Meadows (born 2 February 1949) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Meadows was born in London and attended Sheerness Boy's Technical School, Kent. [1] Moving with his family to Melbourne as a teenager, he finished his schooling at Prahran High School. [2]
A strong scrummaging prop, Meadows played for the Kiwis club of Melbourne, the only non New Zealander in the expatriate formed club. [2] He was a protege of Wales and British Lions prop John O'Shea, an immigrant to Melbourne. [2]
Having impressed at state level for Victoria, Meadows made his Wallabies debut in 1974, against the All Blacks in Sydney. [1] He was capped 22 times in total, featuring on the 1975–76 and 1981–82 British tours. [1] Towards the end of his career, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, but after successful treatment returned to Wallabies colours. [1]
Meadows represented Queensland after relocating in 1982 to work for Wallaby Stan Pilecki's company. [3] [4]