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Dickie Roche

Dickie Roche

Irish rugby union player

For the Waterford hurler, see Dick Roche (hurler).

Richard Edwin Roche (22 February 1930 – 20 February 2017) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Another For Roche?". Galway Observer. 3 December 1955.
  2. [2]
    "Dick Roche RIP". Connacht Rugby. 21 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Connacht Players Honoured". Galway Observer. 21 September 1957.
  4. [4]
    Barker, Tommy (10 July 2017). "House of the week: Briar Hill, Myrtleville". Irish Examiner.
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