| John Clune | |
| Full Name: | John Joseph Clune |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Ireland |
| Death Place: | off Ascension Island |
| Occupation: | Veterinarian |
| School: | Blackrock College |
| University: | Trinity College Dublin |
| Position: | Hooker / Second row |
| Repyears1: | 1912–14 |
| Repcaps1: | 6 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Joseph Clune (2 April 1890 — 12 September 1942) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Clune was educated at Blackrock College and Trinity College Dublin. He was capped six times for Ireland, utilised as both a hooker and second row forward, making his debut against the touring 1912–13 Springboks.[1] [2]
After qualifying as a vet, Clune was commissioned to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and served in Mesopotamia in World War I, then worked at veterinary hospitals in Kurdistan between the wars.[1]
Clune was on a posting to the Indian Army during World War II and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. On 12 September 1942, Clune was a passenger on when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the West African coast in the South Atlantic. He was one of an estimated 1,600 people to die in the sinking.[1] [3]