Hugh Rose (rugby union)
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Full nameHugh Alexander Rose
Date of birth15 November 1946
Place of birthWalcha, NSW, Australia
Position(s)
Flanker / No. 8
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| Date of birth | 15 November 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Alexander Rose (born 15 November 1946) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
Born in Walcha, Rose played Australian rules football growing up in country New South Wales. While boarding at The King's School in Sydney, Rose picked up rugby union and had three years in the 1st XV.[2]
Rose attended the University of New England, playing rugby for Robb College.[3]
A back-row forward, Rose debuted for New South Wales in 1966 and the following year earned his first Wallabies cap against Ireland at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was capped 13 times for the Wallabies, without missing a Test.[2]
Rose was the Headmaster of Toowoomba Grammar School from 1992 to 2002.[4]