Philip Orr

Philip Andrew "Phil" Orr (born 14 December 1950) is a former Irish international and British and Irish Lions Rugby Union loosehead prop.

Orr was born in Dublin. Educated at The High School, Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin, Orr played for Old Wesley for over 20 years and was, for many years, his country's most-capped prop with a then world record 58 appearances.^[1] Orr made his debut against France in 1976 and was part of the Irish teams that won a Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985. He toured with the Lions to New Zealand in 1977, winning one cap, but was not available for the 1983 tour to the same country due to business reasons. He retired from international rugby in 1987 having played for Ireland in the inaugural rugby world cup.

He was president of Old Wesley in its centenary, 1991. He is currently (2007) manager of the Irish U21 rugby squad.^[2]

References

British and Irish Lions – 1977 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Beaumont Brown Cotton Cobner Duggan T. Evans Faulkner Horton Keane Martin Neary Orr Price Quinnell Squire Wheeler C. Williams Windsor

Backs	Bennett (c) Bevan Burcher G. Evans Fenwick Gibson Hay Irvine Lewis McGeechan Morgan Rees B. Williams J. Williams

Coach	Dawes

British and Irish Lions – 1980 South Africa tour

Forwards	Beattie Beaumont (c) Blakeway Colclough Cotton Lane Martin O'Driscoll Orr Phillips Price Quinnell Squire Stephens Tomes Tucker Wheeler C. Williams G. Williams

Backs	Campbell Carleton Davies Dodge Gravell Hay Holmes Irvine Morgan O'Donnell Patterson Rees Renwick Richards Robbie Slemen Smith Ward Woodward

Coach	Murphy

Ireland squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Anderson Carr (withdrew due to injury) Collins Fitzgerald Francis Glennon Kingston Langbroek Lenihan (c) Matthews MacDonald McCoy McGrath Orr Smith Spillane

Backs	Bradley Crossan Dean Doyle Irwin Kiernan MacNeill Mullin Rainey Ringland Ward

Coach	Doyle / Davidson

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