Paul Collins (rugby union, born 1915) explained

Paul Collins
Full Name:Paul Kitchener Collins
Birth Date:30 August 1915
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Death Place:Gold Coast, Australia
Position:Fly-half
Repyears1:1937–38
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:3

Paul Kitchener Collins (30 August 1915 — 26 December 2005) was an Australian rugby union international.

Collins was born in Sydney and attended Barker College, where he won colours in athletics, cricket and rugby union.[1]

A fly-half, Collins was first called up by the Wallabies in 1937, making his Test debut against the Springboks at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was capped a further two times the following year, in home Tests against the All Blacks, then made the team for the 1939–40 tour of Britain and Ireland, which was abandoned two days after they arrived in England due to the war.[2] His first-grade rugby was played for Western Suburbs, Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Gordon.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Kitchener Collins . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  2. News: Eagles, Birdies Abound At K. Meadows . . 23 August 1951 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Collins, Reinstated By R.U., Joins Gordon . . 15 July 1944 . 14 . National Library of Australia.