Anthony D'Arcy
| Full name | Anthony Michael D'Arcy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 October 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port Moresby, PNG | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Michael D'Arcy (born 10 October 1958) is an Australian former rugby union international.
D'Arcy was born in Port Moresby and attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee, as a boarder. He was a Queensland under 19s representative and toured Europe with the Australian Schoolboys team in 1977–78.[1]
A prop, D'Arcy was capped 10 times for the Wallabies between 1980 and 1982. He was a member of the Bledisloe Cup-winning side in 1980 and featured on the 1981–82 tour of Britain and Ireland.[1]
Switching to rugby league in 1982, D'Arcy played at reserves level with the Penrith Panthers.[2]
D'Arcy is a former coach of Northern Ireland club Ballymena, which he led to the 2002–03 All-Ireland title.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Anthony Michael D'Arcy". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Former Wallaby to make debut in reserves". The Canberra Times. 25 February 1983.
- ^ "D'Arcy leaving Ballymena". BBC News. 8 September 2004.
External links
[edit]- Anthony D'Arcy at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union coaches
- Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
- Rugby union props
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee
- Queensland rugby union team players
- Footballers who switched code