Seamus Byrne
| Full name | Seamus Joseph Byrne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Seamus Joseph Byrne (born 7 June 1931) is an Irish former international rugby union player.[1]
Byrne was raised in County Kildare, and is a brother of Ireland international Frank Byrne.[2]
A wing three-quarter, Byrne is noted as being the first and only Ireland player to have scored a hattrick on international debut, a feat he achieved in a 26–8 win over Scotland at Edinburgh in 1953. He followed it up with his fourth career try in his next match in Swansea, but received only one further Ireland cap.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby Distinction". Leinster Leader. 7 March 1953.
- ^ "Bustling Kildare club on the crest of a wave". Irish Independent. 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Striking Debut By Byrne". Belfast News-Letter. 2 March 1953.
External links
[edit]- Seamus Byrne at ESPNscrum