Full name | Roger James Clegg | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 December 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bangor, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Roger James Clegg (born 4 December 1948) is a former Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland.
Clegg was a tighthead prop from Bangor, County Down. He attended Bangor Grammar School and played his rugby for Bangor RFC. [1] Between 1973 and 1975, Clegg gained five international caps for Ireland, all in the Five Nations Championship. [2] He was on the 1976 Ireland tour of Oceania and later served as captain of Ulster. [3]
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