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Leo Lynch
Full nameMichael Leo Lynch
Date of birth(1930-05-07)7 May 1930
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of death9 November 2023(2023-11-09) (aged 93)
SchoolCastleknock College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956 Ireland 1 (0)

Michael Leo Lynch (7 May 1930 — 9 November 2023) was an Irish international rugby union player.

An electrical engineer, Lynch was capped for Ireland in a 1956 Five Nations match against Scotland at Lansdowne Road, partnering former Castleknock College schoolmate Brendan Guerin in the second row of the scrum. He played his club rugby for Milltown, Lansdowne and University College Dublin.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lean Period Ahead?". Edinburgh Evening News. 23 February 1956.
  2. ^ "Superb O'Connell shoots into Wake Forrest's first". Irish Independent. 11 November 1986.