Paddy Batch Explained

Paddy Batch
Full Name:Patrick Gerard Batch
Birth Date:19 January 1953
Birth Place:Innisfail, QLD, Australia
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1975–79
Repcaps1:14
Reppoints1:20

Patrick Gerard Batch (born 19 January 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international.

Batch is a native of Innisfail in Far North Queensland and attended Marist College Ashgrove.[1]

A winger, Batch was capped 14 times for the Wallabies, debuting on the 1975–76 tour of Britain, for which he had been a surprise selection.[2] He also toured New Zealand in 1978 and scored a try against the All Blacks in Wellington.[3]

Batch, a graduate of the University of Queensland, was a veterinarian by profession.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patrick Gerard Batch . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Wallaby touring squad named . . 1 September 1975 . 12.
  3. News: Wright despairs as late kick misses . . 20 August 1978 . 26.