Sine Boland

Sine Boland
Full name Simon Bernard Boland[1]
Date of birth 12 July 1875(1875-07-12)[1][1]
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland [1]
Date of death c. 1954[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position flanker[1]
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
state
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1899-03[1] Australia 3[1] (0)[1]

Simon Bernard "Sine" Boland (12 July 1875 - c. 1954) was an Australian rugby union player a state and national representative flanker who appeared in the inaugural series of Tests matches played by Australia in 1899.

Boland, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia. His international debut was in the 3rd Test of 1899 British Lions tour to Australia against Matthew Mullineux's British side in Sydney, on 5 August 1899. A week later he would play again in the 4th test. He had earlier made an appearance for Queensland against those same tourists.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Scrum.com player profile of Sine Boland". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1382.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "The BattleStained Queensland Team AS Photographed Immediately After The Match." (Photograph with caption.). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Australia): p. 73 S. 8 July 1899. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558322. Retrieved 17 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "International Football.". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Australia): p. 73 S. 8 July 1899. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558323. Retrieved 17 September 2010.