Tom Feighery
| Full name | Thomas Anthony Oliver Feighery | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 January 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Con Feighery (brother) | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Anthony Oliver Feighery (born 16 January 1945) is an Irish former international rugby union player.[1]
Feighery, a Dublin doctor, played for Leinster, University College Dublin and St Mary's College.[2]
A prop, Feighery won an international call up for the 1976 tour of New Zealand, but didn't feature in any of the Test matches. He made his belated debut in Ireland's 1977 Five Nations opener against Wales, the day before his 32nd birthday, then gained a second cap at home against England.[3]
Feighery is the elder brother of Ireland player Con Feighery.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Murtagh doubtful". Belfast Telegraph. 16 February 1977.
- ^ "British Lion is out of Trial". Belfast News-Letter. 11 January 1972.
- ^ "Five New Caps In Irish Side". Hull Daily Mail. 3 January 1977.
- ^ "Leinster Look For Forward Power". Belfast Telegraph. 11 December 1973.
External links
[edit]- Tom Feighery at ESPNscrum