Patrick McCue
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Patrick Aloysius McCue (born June 24, 1883[1] - died September 10, 1962) was an Australian representative rugby union player and pioneer rugby league player. He was a dual rugby-code international.
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[edit] Rugby union career
A forward with the Newtown Rugby Union club in Sydney, McCue was selected on the first Wallaby tour of England in 1908-1909, the squad captained by Chris McKivat. That side competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and McCue was a member of the Australia national rugby union team which won the gold medal.
[edit] Rugby league club career
Along with fourteen of his Olympic Wallaby teamates on his return to Australia he negotiated to take part in promotional matches against the Pioneer Kangaroos and was promptly banned from the amateur code by the Metropolitan Rugby Union. McCue and a number of the rebels joined the Newtown club in Sydney in 1910 and helped the club win premiership honours that year. They included gold medallist Wallabies John "Jumbo" Barnett and Charles "Boxer" Russell. McCue played seven seasons with Newtown and after retiring as a player was assistant coach of the University club in its inaugural first grade season of 1920.
[edit] Rugby league representative career
McCue was selected to represent New South Wales in 1911 and later led New South Wales as captain on the 1912-13 tour of New Zealand.
He was selected on the 1911 Kangaroo tour of England which was an Australasian squad including four New Zealanders. McCue made his international rugby league debut in the first Test of 1911 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and played in all three Tests of the series, as well as in twenty other minor tour matches, scoring seven tries all told on the tour. His final international appearance was in the first test of the 1914 domestic Ashes series.
[edit] Sources
- Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- ^ other sources report his date of birth June 1, 1883
