Peter Lucas (rugby union)

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Peter Lucas
Full namePeter William Lucas
Date of birth (1956-09-24) 24 September 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Inverell, NSW, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / No. 8
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1982 Australia 3 (0)

Peter William Lucas (born 24 September 1956) is an Australian former rugby union international.

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Lucas, born in Inverell, New South Wales, played junior rugby in Sydney, but spent much of his childhood overseas, living in Fiji, the United States and Hong Kong. Capped by Hong Kong during his time there, he returned to Australia in 1978 and played for Wollongong club Shamrocks, then joined St. George in the Shute Shield two years later. [1]

A loose forward, Lucas was controversially picked over Gary Pearse by the Wallabies for the 1981–82 tour of Britain and Ireland. He wasn't capped and instead made his debut on the 1982 tour of New Zealand, featuring in all three Tests as a number eight. Despite winning Sydney first-grade rugby's "best and fairest award" in 1983, Lucas was overlooked for that year's tour to France and Italy. [2] He represented Australia in multiple editions of the Hong Kong Sevens. [3]

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References

  1. "Peter William Lucas". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. "Tour reject wins medal". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 September 1983.
  3. "A different era: the early days of the Hong Kong Sevens in pictures". South China Morning Post . 11 March 2015.