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| Full name | Joseph Paul Lydon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 November 1963 Wigan, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Paul Lydon (born 26 November 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and rugby union coach. He played during the 1980s and 1990s as a fullback, wing, centre, or stand-off for Widnes, Wigan and Eastern Suburbs. He also represented Lancashire, and won 30 caps for Great Britain.
He has coached representative level rugby union for England under-19's, and England Sevens and was a backs coach for the senior national team between 2004 and 2006. Since 2008, he has been appointed to several player development roles by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).