Paddy Batch
| Full name | Patrick Gerard Batch | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 January 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Innisfail, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Gerard Batch (born 19 January 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Batch is a native of Innisfail in Far North Queensland and attended Marist College Ashgrove.[1]
A winger, Batch was capped 14 times for the Wallabies, debuting on the 1975–76 tour of Britain, for which he had been a surprise selection.[2] He also toured New Zealand in 1978 and scored a try against the All Blacks in Wellington.[3]
Batch, a graduate of the University of Queensland, was a veterinarian by profession.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Patrick Gerard Batch". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Wallaby touring squad named". The Canberra Times. 1 September 1975. p. 12.
- ^ "Wright despairs as late kick misses". The Canberra Times. 20 August 1978. p. 26.
External links
[edit]- Paddy Batch at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- People from Innisfail, Queensland
- Rugby union players from Queensland
- Rugby union wings
- People educated at Marist College Ashgrove
- University of Queensland alumni
- University of Queensland Rugby Club players
- Queensland rugby union team players