Steve Finnane
Australian rugby union player
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Stephen Charles "Steve" Finnane (born 3 July 1952) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
| Born | Stephen Charles Finnane[1] 3 July 1952[1] Sydney[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School | Waverley College & Vaucluse High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finnane, a prop, was born in Sydney and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia. He was dubbed the phantom puncher, for a short right uppercut delivered to Welsh player Graham Price in a scrum during the second Test match between the Wallabies and Wales at the SCG on 17 June 1978. The Welshman suffered a shattered jaw.[2] The Wallaby later wrote in a book that he hit Price.
The Wales match proved to be Finnane's last for Australia: although he was selected for the 1979 tour of New Zealand, he declined, choosing to focus on his professional career as a barrister.[3][4] Finnane was admitted as a Barrister in the Supreme court on 6 June 1975. He is the brother of District Court judge Michael Finnane who died in 2019 KC[5]
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