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William James McBride, CBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times; a record that gave him 17 Lions Test caps. He also captained the ...
Under the leadership of Willie John McBride, the Lions went through the tour undefeated, winning 21 of their 22 matches and being held to a draw in the final match, albeit in controversial circumstances. The 1974 squad became known as 'The Invincibles' and regarded as the greatest rugby tour in history. [1]
In rugby union, the "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the British Lions during their 1974 tour to South Africa. [1] The tour was marred by on-pitch violence, which the match officials did little to control and the relative absence of cameras compared to the modern game made citing and punishment after the fact unlikely.
Sandy MacDonald (rugby union) Louis Magee; Phillip Matthews; Willie John McBride; Jim McCarthy (rugby union) Ray McLoughlin; John Moloney (rugby union) Deryck Monteith; William Moore (rugby union) George J. Morgan; Bill Mulcahy; Karl Mullen; Andy Mulligan (rugby union) Brendan Mullin; Con Murphy (rugby union, born 1914) Noel Murphy (rugby union ...
Willie John McBride: 1962 Ireland: 70 17 13 3 434 Dewi Bebb: 1962 Wales: 32 8 48 3 435 John Brown: 1962 Uncapped 5 0 9 0 436 Glyn Davidge: 1962 Wales: 3 0 0 0 437 Sandy Hinshelwood: 1966 Scotland: 28 3 54 3 438 Frank Laidlaw: 1966 Scotland: 28 2 0 0 439 Allan Lewis: 1966 Wales: 18 3 3 0 440 Howard Norris: 1966 Wales: 17 3 6 0 441 Brian Price ...
Willie John McBride; Roly Meates; Gerry Murphy (rugby union coach) Noel Murphy (rugby union, born 1937) Richie Murphy; O. Eddie O'Sullivan; S. Joe Schmidt (rugby union)
List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team. Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team )
Willie John McBride was coach until 1984. In 1982, Ireland, led by out-half Ollie Campbell, won the Five Nations and their first Triple Crown in 33 years. Three years later in 1985, Ireland won the Five Nations and the Triple Crown again. It was Ireland's last silverware until 2004.