Fergus Slattery

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Fergus Slattery
Personal information
Full name	John Fergus Slattery
Date of birth	February 12, 1949 (1949-02-12) (age 59)
Place of birth	Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
School	Blackrock College
College	University College Dublin
Occupation(s)	Property consultant
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker
Clubs
	UCD RFC
National team(s)		Caps	(points)
1970-1984 1974	Ireland British Lions	61 4	(12)

John Fergus Slattery (born 12 February 1949 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is a former rugby union footballer who represented Ireland. He played schools rugby for Blackrock College and then moved on to play senior rugby for University College Dublin, before earning a call up to the Irish international side in 1970. During his career Slattery earned 61 caps, 18 as captain and scored 3 tries. In 1971 he was selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions to Australia and New Zealand, but did not play in the test matches. Slattery toured again in 1974, playing in all four tests and captaining the side for two provincial matches. He was captain of the most successful Irish touring side ever in 1979 which won 7 of the 8 matches in Australia including the two tests in Brisbane and Sydney. In addition to the above honors he was a member of the Irish triple crown winning team in 1982.

Slattery was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2007.

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 1971 New Zealand tour Forwards Arneil • Brown • Carmichael • Dixon • Evans • Hipwell • Laidlaw • Lynch • McBride • McLauchlan • McLoughlin • Pullin • Quinnell • Roberts • Slattery • Stevens • Thomas • Taylor Backs Bevan • Biggar • Davies • Dawes (c) • Duckham • Edwards • Gibson • Hiller • Hopkins • John • Lewis • Rea • Spencer • Williams Coach James

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 1974 South Africa tour Forwards Brown • Burton • Carmichael • Cotton • David • Davies • Kennedy • McBride (c) • McKinney • McLauchlan • Neary • Ralston • Ripley • Slattery • Uttley • Windsor Backs Bennett • Bergiers • Edwards • Evans • Gibson • Grace • Irvine • McGeechan • Milliken • Moloney • Morley • Old • Rees • Steele • J.J. Williams • J.P.R. Williams Coach Millar