Ralph Garner

Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.

Ralph Garner

Full name	Ralph Lindsay Garner
Date of birth	(1927-01-20)20 January 1927
Place of birth	Yass, NSW, Australia
Date of death	14 July 2012(2012-07-14) (aged 85)
Place of death	Kelso, NSW, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1949 Australia 2 (6)

Early life and education

Garner was born in Yass and educated at De La Salle College Armidale and the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for the Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.^[1]

Career

A speed winger, Garner gained two Wallabies caps on the historic 1949 tour of New Zealand, where they claimed a first ever away series win over the All Blacks. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.^[2]

Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.^[3]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players