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Rory O'Connor (rugby union, born 1932)

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Rory O'Connor
Date of birth(1932-09-14)14 September 1932
Place of birthNeath, Wales
Date of death7 March 1986(1986-03-07) (aged 53)
Place of deathAberavon, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957 Wales 1 (0)

Rory O'Connor (14 September 1932 — 7 March 1986) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Neath, O'Connor was a wing-forward and played his rugby with Aberavon. He made his solitary Wales appearance against England at Cardiff Arms Park in the 1957 Five Nations. There was a suggestion that his selection was to prevent him being picked by Ireland, which he had been qualified to represent through ancestry prior to his Wales cap.[2]

O'Connor worked as a rigger at Margam Steelworks.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Rejects In Great Form". Sunday Mirror. 13 January 1957.
  2. ^ Woolford, Anthony (5 July 2015). "Riots, landmines, Greyhounds and snow... The bizzare Welsh rugby debut stories". Wales Online.
  3. ^ "Death of player". South Wales Evening Post. 8 March 1986.
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