Neil Adams (rugby union)

Neil Joseph Adams (26 August 1923 – 12 April 1986) was an Australian rugby union international.

Neil Adams
Full nameNeil Joseph Adams
Date of birth(1923-08-26)26 August 1923
Place of birthWyong, NSW, Australia
Date of death12 April 1986(1986-04-12) (aged 62)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955 Australia 1 (0)

Adams was born in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast and went to school in Newcastle, attending Marist Brothers Hamilton until he left at age 14 to become a carpet layer. After playing rugby league for the Army in the war years, during which he served in the Pacific, he made his first-grade rugby debut for his club Merewether Carlton in 1946.[1]

A powerful prop, Adams had several years as a New South Wales representative before getting a Wallabies call up for the 1955 tour of New Zealand, at the late age of 31. He gained his solitary Wallabies cap in the 1st Test in Wellington.[2]

Adams, who had six years as a NSW Country selector, died of pneumonia in 1986 aged 62.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Thompson, Rod (22 April 2021). "Hunter Rugby rivals eye off Adams-Halter Anzac Shield". Newcastle Weekly.
  2. ^ "Neil Joseph Adams". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ^ "Neil Adams dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 1986.
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