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Barry Bresnihan RIP

villamar · 2010-07-27 20:01:40

Barry Bresnihan, who died on July 18 aged 66, was an outstanding international rugby player for Ireland and later a physician whose work as a rheumatologist won renown in medical circles throughout the world. He was twice selected for the British Lions: on their tours of New Zealand in 1966, when he scored five tries, and…

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Barry Bresnihan, who died on July 18 aged 66, was an outstanding international rugby player for Ireland and later a physician whose work as a rheumatologist won renown in medical circles throughout the world.

He was twice selected for the British Lions: on their tours of New Zealand in 1966, when he scored five tries, and of South Africa two years later, when he scored two tries. He turned out four times for the Barbarians (1966-67), including in a match against Australia in January 1967.

As Bresnihan had been born in Waterford, he was qualified to play for Munster.
He did so several times, and was in the side which beat the touring Australians in 1967. He played his club rugby with University College, Dublin (UCD), Lansdowne and London. In his career as a Lion, Bresnihan remained on the substitutes' bench for the Test matches in New Zealand. In South Africa he played in three of the four Tests.

It was as a doctor and medical scientist, however, that he left an enduring legacy.

From Daily Telegraph

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