Full name | Patrick Joseph Agnew | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 March 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 November 2019 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Agnew (18 March 1942 — 15 November 2019) was an Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland who played for CIYMS and Ulster. [1]
Eldest of six children, Agnew grew up in Clady, Co. Londonderry and Andersonstown, Belfast. He attended both St Mary's CBS and St Malachy's College in Belfast. [2]
Agnew was an All-Ireland judo champion and competed at the 1967 European Judo Championships, before taking up rugby union at the age of 26 for the CIYMS fourths. [2]
A prop, Agnew was capped twice for Ireland. He made his debut as a replacement against France at the Parc des Princes in the 1974 Five Nations and started against Australia at Lansdowne Road in 1976. [3]
Full name | Patrick Joseph Agnew | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 March 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 November 2019 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Agnew (18 March 1942 — 15 November 2019) was an Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland who played for CIYMS and Ulster. [1]
Eldest of six children, Agnew grew up in Clady, Co. Londonderry and Andersonstown, Belfast. He attended both St Mary's CBS and St Malachy's College in Belfast. [2]
Agnew was an All-Ireland judo champion and competed at the 1967 European Judo Championships, before taking up rugby union at the age of 26 for the CIYMS fourths. [2]
A prop, Agnew was capped twice for Ireland. He made his debut as a replacement against France at the Parc des Princes in the 1974 Five Nations and started against Australia at Lansdowne Road in 1976. [3]