| Full name | Patrick Joseph Agnew | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 March 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Clady, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 November 2019 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Joseph Agnew (18 March 1942 — 15 November 2019) was an Ireland rugby union international prop from Northern Ireland who played for CIYMS, Bangor and Ulster.[1]
Eldest of six children, Agnew grew up in Clady, Co. Londonderry, and Andersonstown, Belfast. He attended both St Mary's CBS and St Malachy's College in Belfast.[2]
Agnew was an All-Ireland judo champion and competed at the 1967 European Judo Championships, before taking up rugby union at the advanced age of 26 for the CIYMS fourths.[2]
A loosehead prop, Agnew was capped twice for Ireland. He made his debut as a replacement against France at the Parc des Princes in the 1974 Five Nations and started against Australia at Lansdowne Road in 1976.[3] Work commitments prevented him from going on the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa.[4]