Dickie Roche
Irish rugby union player
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Richard Edwin Roche (22 February 1930 – 20 February 2017) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Full nameRichard Edwin Roche
Born22 February 1930
Woodford, County Galway, Ireland
Died20 February 2017 (aged 86)
Cork, Ireland
SchoolGarbally College
| Full name | Richard Edwin Roche | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 February 1930 Woodford, County Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 2017 (aged 86) Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Garbally College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Galway | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||||||||||||||||
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Roche was born in Woodford, County Galway, and educated at Garbally College.[2]
A winger, Roche played his rugby with the University of Galway, Dolphin, Galwegians and Connacht, while gaining four Ireland caps.[3] He featured twice for Ireland in both the 1955 and 1957 Five Nations campaigns, becoming the first player to be capped while playing for a Connacht club.[2]
Roche was an engineer and builder by trade.[4]