Dickie Roche
| Full name | Richard Edwin Roche | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 February 1930 Woodford, County Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 2017 (aged 86) Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Garbally College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Galway | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||||||||||||||||
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Richard Edwin Roche (22 February 1930 – 20 February 2017) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Roche was born in Woodford, County Galway, and educated at Garbally College.[2]
A winger, Roche played his rugby with the University of Galway, Dolphin, Galwegians and Connacht, while gaining four Ireland caps.[3] He featured twice for Ireland in both the 1955 and 1957 Five Nations campaigns, becoming the first player to be capped while playing for a Connacht club.[2]
Roche was an engineer and builder by trade.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Another For Roche?". Galway Observer. 3 December 1955.
- 1 2 "Dick Roche RIP". Connacht Rugby. 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "Connacht Players Honoured". Galway Observer. 21 September 1957.
- ↑ Barker, Tommy (10 July 2017). "House of the week: Briar Hill, Myrtleville". Irish Examiner.
External links
[edit]- Dickie Roche at ESPNscrum (archived)
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2017 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union players from County Galway
- Connacht Rugby players
- Galwegians RFC players
- Dolphin RFC players
- University of Galway RFC players
- Alumni of the University of Galway
- People educated at Garbally College
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen