Peter Flanagan (rugby player, 1886)

Peter Flanagan

Player information
birthday	1886
place of birth	Dublin , Ireland
date of death	1952
Place of death	California , United States
society
society	Career ended
position	Winger
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1907	Australia	2 (0)

Peter Flanagan (* 1886 in Dublin , Ireland , † 1952 in California ) was an Irish-Australian rugby union player. The winger became a regular in the Queensland national team at the age of 17 , ran twice for the Australian national team in the test against the All Blacks and was part of the first Wallaby Tour team in the northern hemisphere in 1908/09 . Due to an injury before the first international match, however, he missed almost every game on the tour.

It is unknown when exactly the Irish-born migrated to Australia; however, he began rugby at St Joseph's Gregory Terrace School in Brisbane ; after leaving school he played at the North Brisbane Rugby Club and made his debut for the Reds, the selection of Queensland, in his first year in the senior division against the British Lions . In 1906 he moved from North Brisbane to city rivals Christian Brothers RU ; In 1907 he was able to convince in two games of the Reds against the All Blacks that he was considered for the first time for the Australian national team. In both tests against the All Blacks on July 20 and August 3, 1907, he was used. In 1907 he won the championship of Brisbane / Queensland with the Christian Brothers.

After further good performances for the Reds, Flanagan was appointed in 1908 as one of only four Queenslanders in the Australian squad for the planned tour of Europe and North America and the 1908 Olympic Games . In the first game against the county selection of Cornwall , Flanagan was - although only used as a touch judge - by the tackled teammate Boxer Russell unhappily overturned and so badly injured in his legs that he could not play for the rest of the tour. He missed both Tests and the rugby competition at Olympia . This ended his selection career.

After his rugby days, he first moved to the Philippines and later to California , where he died in 1952.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Peter Flanagan. In: Brave and Game, collection of biographies. Terrace Rugby, St Joseph's Gregory Terrace School, archived from the original on March 11, 2012 ; Retrieved October 25, 2009 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chris Thau: A century of Wallaby touring (Part 1). The International Rugby Board, October 21, 2008, archived from the original October 24, 2008 ; Retrieved October 25, 2009 . 
3. ^ Entry on Peter Flanagan. In: ESPNScrum player database. ESPN, 2009, accessed October 25, 2009 .