Snipe Watson

Robert "Snipe" Watson was an Irish international rugby union player.

Snipe Watson

Full name	Robert Watson
Place of birth	Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Date of death	7 May 1961
Place of death	Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland
University	Trinity College Dublin
Occupation(s)	Clergy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1912 Ireland 1 (0)

A wing three-quarter, Watson played rugby for Wanderers and was capped once for Ireland, appearing against the touring Springboks at Lansdowne Road in 1912. He later served as president of Leinster Rugby.^[1]

Watson was a chaplain to the forces in the later stages of World War I and received the Croix de Guerre. He became Canon of Kildare in 1944 and was Rector of Clonsast & Rathangan.^[2]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players