Peter Palmer is an Australian former rugby union player.
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Palmer is the son of NSW Country second-rower Harold "Hadja" Palmer.[1]
A hooker, Palmer was a product of Illawarra rugby and represented Australia under-18s. He featured regularly in the New South Wales state side from 1982 to 1992 and was a reserve for Australia's 1991 Rugby World Cup squad.[2]
Palmer is the father of former Wallabies prop Dan Palmer.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Punk's a chip off the old block". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1988. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Illawarra is favourite". The Canberra Times. 6 June 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Keeble, Tim (6 June 2008). "Palmer re-signs with Waratahs until 2011". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 20 August 2024.