Paddy Agnew | |
Full Name: | Patrick Joseph Agnew |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1974–76 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Patrick Joseph Agnew (18 March 1942 — 15 November 2019) was an Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland who played for CIYMS and Ulster.[1]
Eldest of six children, Agnew grew up in Clady, Co. Londonderry and Andersonstown, Belfast. He attended both St Mary's CBS and St Malachy's College in Belfast.[2]
Agnew was an All-Ireland judo champion and competed at the 1967 European Judo Championships, before taking up rugby union at the age of 26 for the CIYMS fourths.[2]
A prop, Agnew was capped twice for Ireland. He made his debut as a replacement against France at the Parc des Princes in the 1974 Five Nations and started against Australia at Lansdowne Road in 1976.[3]