Steve Blackmore

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Steve Blackmore
Birth nameSteven Walter Blackmore
Date of birth(1962-03-03)3 March 1962
Place of birthCardiff, Wales
Date of death7 May 2020(2020-05-07) (aged 58)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Cardiff RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1987 Wales 4 (0)

Steven Walter Blackmore (3 March 1962 – 7 May 2020 [1] ) was a Welsh rugby union player. He began his international career playing for Wales in the Five Nations championship in 1987 [2] when they lost to Ireland. He also played for Wales in the first Rugby World Cup later that year. In that competition he played in the winning side versus Tonga and Canada in the early stages, and Australia in the third-place play-off. [3]

Blackmore played his domestic rugby at Cardiff RFC. After retiring from the game, he worked as a parcel courier. He and his wife had two daughters, Kendall and Kerys, and his son Sydney has played for the Welsh Under-20s side. [4]

In December 2018, Blackmore was told he had months to live, after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. [4] He died of a brain tumour in May 2020, aged 58. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Steve Blackmore
  2. ↑ WRU: Rugby World Cup 1987: Squad: Steve Blackmore
  3. ↑ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Rugby World Cup | History | 1987: Wales 22-21 Australia
  4. 1 2 Delme Parfitt (1 March 2019). "A Wales rugby international's brave story: I've been given months to live but I will fight to see my grandchildren grow up". WalesOnline. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Steve Blackmore: Former Wales prop dies, aged 58". BBC Sport. 7 May 2020.
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