Paddy Batch
Australian rugby union international
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Patrick Gerard Batch (born 19 January 1953) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Full namePatrick Gerard Batch
Date of birth19 January 1953
Place of birthInnisfail, QLD, Australia
Position(s)
Wing
| Full name | Patrick Gerard Batch | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 January 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Innisfail, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Batch is a native of Innisfail in Far North Queensland and attended Marist College Ashgrove.[1]
A winger, Batch was capped 14 times for the Wallabies, debuting on the 1975–76 tour of Britain, for which he had been a surprise selection.[2] He also toured New Zealand in 1978 and scored a try against the All Blacks in Wellington.[3]
Batch, a graduate of the University of Queensland, was a veterinarian by profession.[1]