John O'Shea (rugby player)

John O'Shea
Rugby union career
Full name	John Patrick O'Shea
Date of birth	(1940-06-02)2 June 1940
Place of birth	Western-Super-Mare, England
School	Lewis School Pengam
Occupation(s)	Bank Manager
Playing career
Position	Prop
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Penzance Newlyn Cardiff RFC Newbridge RFC Cardiff RFC Barbarian F.C. Monmouthshire Cornwall
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1967-1968 1968	Wales British Lions	5 1	(0) (0)

John Patrick O'Shea (born 2 June 1940)^[1] is a former Wales international rugby union player.

Educated at Lewis School Pengam, along with John Dawes, he was capped five times for Wales as a prop between 1967 and 1968.^[2]

O'Shea was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa and played in the first international against South Africa. In the match against Eastern Transvaal at Springs he became the first Lion ever to be sent off for foul play, after throwing a punch.^[3]

He played club rugby for Cardiff.

He is currently living in Australia.

References

↑ Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:32. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
↑ Griffiths, page 4:37
↑ Thomas, Clem; updated by Thomas, Greg (2001). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. p. 145. ISBN 1-84018-498-1. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

British and Irish Lions – 1968 South Africa tour

Forwards	Arneil Coulman Doyle Goodall Horton Larter McBride Millar O'Shea Pullin Stagg J Taylor R Taylor Telfer Thomas West J Young

Backs	Bresnihan Connell Davies Edwards Gibson Hiller Hinshelwood Jarrett John Jones Kiernan (c) Raybould Richards Savage Turner R Young

Coach	Dawson; Manager: David Brooks

Barbarian team captains – International Fixtures

To 1999	Apr 1915: Edgar Mobbs (vs. Wal) Jan 1948: Haydn Tanner (vs. Aus) Jan 1952: Jimmy Nelson (vs. SA) Feb 1954: Rex Willis (vs. NZ) Feb 1958: Cliff Morgan (vs. Aus) May 1958: Jim Greenwood (vs. East Africa) Feb 1961: Ronnie Dawson (vs. SA) Nov 1962: Ron Jacobs (vs. Can) Feb 1964: Ronnie Dawson (vs. NZ) Jan 1967: Noel Murphy (vs. Aus) Dec 1967: Stewart Wilson (vs. NZ) May 1969: John O'Shea (vs. Rhodesia) Jan 1970: Gareth Edwards (vs. SA) May 1970: John Spencer (vs. Sco XV) Oct 1970: Frank Laidlaw (vs. Fiji) Jan 1973: John Dawes (vs. NZ) Nov 1974: Willie John McBride (vs. NZ) Jan 1976: Mervyn Davies (vs. Aus) Jun 1976: Phil Bennett (vs. Can) Sep 1977: Gerald Davies (vs. Lions) Dec 1978: Derek Quinnell (vs. NZ) Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont (vs. Aus) cancelled Mar 1983: Fergus Slattery (vs. Sco XV) Dec 1984: Gareth Davies (vs. Aus) May 1985: Colin Deans (vs. Ita) Nov 1988: Phillip Matthews (vs. Aus) Nov 1989: David Sole (vs. NZ) Sep 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Eng) Oct 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Wales) Nov 1990: [[]] (vs. Arg) Sep 1991: Stuart Barnes (vs. Sco) Jun 1992: [[]] (vs. Rus) Nov 1992: Will Carling (vs. Aus) Dec 1993: Scott Hastings (vs. NZ) Jun 1994: [[]] (vs. Zim) Dec 1994: Robert Jones (vs. SA) 1996: [[]] (vs. Ire) Aug 1996: [[]] (vs. Sco) Aug 1996: Arran Pene (vs. Wal) Dec 1996: [[]] (vs. Aus)

From 2000	May 2000: Ian Jones (vs. Ire) May 2000: Zinzan Brooke (vs. Sco) Aug 2000: Jeff Probyn (vs. Ger) Dec 2000: Lawrence Dallaglio (vs. SA) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Wal) May 2001: Tim Horan (vs. Sco) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Eng) Nov 2001: Rob Howley (vs. Aus) May 2002: Todd Blackadder (vs. Eng) May 2002: Pat Lam (vs. Wal) Jun 2002: Ian Jones (vs. Sco) May 2003: Taine Randell (vs. Eng) May 2003: Mick Galwey (vs. Sco) May 2003: Mark Connors (vs. Wal) May 2004: Taine Randell (vs. Sco) May 2004: Matt Burke (vs. Wal) May 2004: Anton Oliver (vs. Eng) Jun 2004: Rob Baxter (vs. Por) Dec 2004: Justin Marshall (vs. NZ) May 2005: David Humphreys (vs. Sco) May 2005: Corné Krige (vs. Eng) May 2006: Raphaël Ibañez (vs. Eng) May 2006: Will Greenwood (vs. Sco) Jun 2006: Bobby Skinstad (vs. Geo) May 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Tun) Jun 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Esp) Dec 2007: Mark Regan (vs. SA) May 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Bel) May 2008: Morgan Turinui (vs. Ire) Jun 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Eng) Dec 2008: John Smit (vs. Aus) May 2009: Martin Corry (vs. Eng) Jun 2009: Phil Waugh (vs. Aus) Dec 2009: Victor Matfield (vs. NZ) May 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Eng) Jun 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Ire) Dec 2010: Matt Giteau (vs. SA) May 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Eng) Jun 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Wal) Nov 2011: Victor Matfield (vs. Aus) May 2012: John Smit (vs. Eng) May 2012: Mick O'Driscoll (vs. Ire) Jun 2012: John Smit (vs. Wal) May 2013: Mike Tindall (vs. Eng) Jun 2013: Sergio Parisse (vs. Lions) Jun 2014: Juan Manuel Leguizamón (vs. Eng) Nov 2014: Alastair Kellock (vs. Aus) May 2015: Shane Jennings (vs. Ire) Jun 2015: Brad Thorn (vs Eng) Aug 2015: Bakkies Botha (vs Sam) Nov 2015: Victor Matfield (vs. Arg)

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