John Ernest Charles Meadows (born 2 February 1949) is an Australian former rugby union international.
| Full name | John Ernest Charles Meadows | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Meadows was born in London and attended Sheerness Boy's Technical School, Kent.[1] Moving with his family to Melbourne as a teenager, he finished his schooling at Prahran High School.[2]
A strong scrummaging prop, Meadows played for the Kiwis club of Melbourne, the only non New Zealander in the expatriate formed club.[2] He was a protege of Wales and British Lions prop John O'Shea, an immigrant to Melbourne.[2]
Having impressed at state level for Victoria, Meadows made his Wallabies debut in 1974, against the All Blacks in Sydney.[1] He was capped 22 times in total, featuring on the 1975–76 and 1981–82 British tours.[1] Towards the end of his career, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, but after successful treatment returned to Wallabies colours.[1]
Meadows represented Queensland after relocating in 1982 to work for Wallaby Stan Pilecki's company.[3][4]
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References edit
- ^ a b c d "John Ernest Charles Meadows". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ a b c Wilkins, Phil (23 May 1974). "Kiwis Ignore Rules". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Lone Vic Meadows heading north". The Age. 3 March 1982.
- ^ "Meadows back for Maroons". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1983.