Jonathan Wallace Moffett (born 30 April 1937) is a former Ireland international rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | Jonathan Wallace Moffett | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Campbell College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Aberdeen | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Orchard owner | ||||||||||||||||
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Raised on a farm in Ballyeasborough outside Belfast, Moffett attended Campbell College and was an Ulster Schools' Cup-winning captain, before gaining a blue with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland[2][3] He played scrum-half for Ballymena and won an Ireland call up in the 1961 Five Nations as a replacement for Andy Mulligan, who had contracted measles. Capped twice, Moffett had a starring role on debut against England at Lansdowne Road, kicking two penalties and a difficult conversion in a 11–8 Ireland win, to retain his place for the next match against Scotland at Murrayfield.[4]
Moffett immigrated to New Zealand in 1963 and captained the Hastings rugby club. He worked as a science teacher at Lindisfarne College, then set up a 500-acre orchard in Hawke's Bay, which grew into a family business.[5]
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- ^ "Irish rugby hero hasn't seen memorabilia since cyclone swept through Hawke's Bay". NZ Herald. 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Ireland: Rugby: Schools' Cup final facts ..." Belfast Telegraph. 31 March 2001.
- ^ "Former favourite". Aberdeen Evening Express. 8 January 1962.
- ^ "Now Moffett Faces Axe". Daily Herald. 13 February 1961.
- ^ "Ex player in Bay only has eyes for Irish". NZ Herald. 16 September 2011.