Dick Taylor (rugby)

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Dick Taylor
Full nameRichard Lewis Taylor
Date of birth(1942-05-29)29 May 1942
Place of birth Ryde, Sydney, Australia
Date of death29 August 2019(2019-08-29) (aged 77)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Eastwood ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1966–67 Australia
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1969 Newtown Jets 70

Richard Lewis Taylor (29 May 1942 — 29 August 2019) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player.

Taylor was born in the Sydney suburb of Ryde and educated at Drummoyne Boys High School. [1]

A Eastwood Juniors product, Taylor made his first-grade debut for the club in 1961. [1] He was used as a flanker and prop during his early days at Eastwood before establishing himself as a hooker. [2] His brothers Barry and Ken were Eastwood teammates, with the three playing a combined 600 club games. [1] They briefly made up Eastwood's entire front row. [1]

One month after captaining Eastwood in a first ever Shute Shield grand final, Taylor was called up by the Wallabies as a replacement player on the 1966–67 tour of Britain, Ireland and France, due to hooker Ross Cullen being sent home for disciplinary reasons. [2] He played in 13 uncapped matches during the tour. [1]

Taylor joined rugby league club Newtown Jets in 1969 on a two-year contract. [3] He played seven first-grade games. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Richard Lewis Taylor". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. 1 2 "New Wallaby Hooker Fast Off Mark". The Sydney Morning Herald . 28 October 1966.
  3. Clarkson, Alan (29 January 1969). "Wallaby Hooker For Newtowon". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  4. Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN   9781921024986.