Dickie Roche

For the Waterford hurler, see Dick Roche (hurler).

Richard Edwin Roche (22 February 1930 – 20 February 2017) was an Irish international rugby union player.^[1]

Dickie Roche

Full name	Richard Edwin Roche
Date of birth	(1930-02-22)22 February 1930
Place of birth	Woodford, Co. Galway, Ireland
Date of death	20 February 2017(2017-02-20) (aged 86)
Place of death	Cork, Ireland
School	Garbally College
University	University of Galway
Occupation(s)	Engineer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1955–57 Ireland 4 (0)

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]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players