Rory O'Connor (rugby union, born 1932)

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

Rory O'Connor

Date of birth	(1932-09-14)14 September 1932
Place of birth	Neath, Wales
Date of death	7 March 1986(1986-03-07) (aged 53)
Place of death	Aberavon, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957 Wales 1 (0)

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]

See also

• List of Wales national rugby union players

References

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.

External links

• Rory O'Connor at ESPNscrum