Peter McLean (rugby union)
| Full name | Peter William McLean | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Peter William McLean (born 8 February 1954) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Born in Brisbane, McLean attended Brisbane State High School and Gatton Agricultural College. He is a member of a famous rugby family, as one of seven Wallaby representatives. His father Bill McLean captained the Wallabies and his grandfather Doug McLean senior was a dual-code international. Cousin Paul McLean was a Wallaby teammate.[1]
McLean, nicknamed "Spider", played first-grade for Brisbane club Easts and made his Queensland debut in 1976.[2] He was capped 16 times as a Wallabies lock between 1978 and 1982. His international career included the Bledisloe Cup wins of 1979 and 1980, which was the first time the Wallabies had secured back to back series wins.[3]
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- ^ "Wallabies named for NZ match". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 1978.
- ^ "Peter "Spider" McLean…Easts and Queensland Legend From The Family Dynasty Honoured By The McLean Stand". Easts Rugby Union. 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Peter William McLean". classicwallabies.com.au.