Full name | Patrick John McGrath | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Burma | ||||||||||||||||
School | Rockwell College | ||||||||||||||||
University | University College Cork | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Patrick John McGrath (born 20 August 1941) is an Irish former rugby union international.
Born in Burma, McGrath attended Rockwell College and was a good schoolboy athlete, winning All-Ireland junior titles in the 100 metres hurdles and pole vault.[1] Most suited to the wing, he played his rugby for Munster and University College Cork, where he studied medicine.[2] He was capped 10 times for Ireland between 1965 and 1967, scoring four tries.[3]