Owen Edwards (rugby union)
| Full name | Owen Fairclough Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 June 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 January 2021 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Owen Fairclough Edwards (15 June 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an Australian international rugby union player.
Edwards was educated at Anglican Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane, where he coxed the 1st VIII and featured in their 1959 Great Public Schools 1st XV premiership team.[1]
A halfback, Edwards played his senior rugby with Brisbane club GPS.[2] He had his breakthrough year in 1961 when he made his Queensland representative debut, was a Wallabies reserve in a home Test against Fiji, then made two uncapped international appearances on a tour of South Africa, backing up Ken Catchpole.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GPS First XV rugby: Churchie's greatest player". The Courier Mail. 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Owen Fairclough Edwards". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Aust. R.U. Test Team Changes". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 1961.