Trevor Ringland
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| Trevor Ringland | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Trevor Ringland | ||
| Date of birth | November 13 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| School | Larne Grammar School | ||
| College | Queen's University Belfast | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | wing | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| Ballymena RFC | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Ulster | |||
| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |
| 1981 to 1988 1983 |
 IrelandBritish Lions |
31 4 |
(45) |
Trevor Maxwell Ringland (born November 13, 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a solicitor and former Rugby Union winger. After attending Larne Grammar School Ringland studied law at Queen's University Belfast.
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[edit] Rugby career
He made 31 competitive appearances for Ireland, scoring nine tries. The majority of his appearance came in the Five Nations, with the remainder coming in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[1][2] He also represented Ulster and Ballymena. In 1983 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions. Since retirement, he has coached at Ballymena and been a committee member of the Irish Rugby Football Union.[3]
[edit] Career outside sport
As rugby was an amateur sport during his career, Ringland is also a full-time solicitor for Macaulay and Ritchie. In 2006 he was appointed as a member of the new Northern Ireland Policing Board. His Policing Board profile states he is a director of Independent News & Media, Mediation Northern Ireland and The Ireland Funds.[4] Ringland is also Vice Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party's East Belfast Branch.
Ringland is also active with Peace Players International, an organization devoted to promote unity between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast through sport. Ringland and cohort Dave Cullen won the 2007 ESPY Arthur Ashe for Courage Award.
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[edit] External links
Ringland accepts Arthur Ashe Award 2007 video
