Ralph Garner
| Full name | Ralph Lindsay Garner | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 January 1927 Yass, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 2012 (aged 85) Kelso, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Garner was born in Yass and educated at De La Salle College Armidale and the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for the Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]A speed winger, Garner gained two Wallabies caps on the historic 1949 tour of New Zealand, where they claimed a first ever away series win over the All Blacks. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.[2]
Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.[3]
See also
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External links
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