Frank Byrne (rugby union)

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| full_name = Noel Francis Byrne
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Curragh, [[County Kildare|Kildare]], Ireland
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| position = Wing
| repyears1 = 1962
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| repcaps1 = 1
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'''Noel Francis Byrne''' (born 18 December 1938) is an Irish former international [[rugby union]] player.

Born in Curragh, County Kildare, Byrne is the younger brother of 1950s [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] winger Seamus and played his early rugby with [[Naas RFC|Naas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=From Naas Acorns future Grand Slam victors grow |url=https://www.independent.ie/regional...-future-grand-slam-victors-grow/27906902.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=3 April 2009 |language=en}}</ref> He was a three-quarter and won his solitary Ireland cap while playing with [[University College Dublin R.F.C.|University College Dublin]], replacing an injured Niall Brophy for a [[1962 Five Nations]] match against France in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Byrne gets first Irish 'cap' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19620411/436/0016 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=11 April 1962}}</ref>

Byrne became a dentist in Bray.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby strong in Greystones |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001874/19710814/249/0013 |work=[[Wicklow People]] |date=14 August 1971}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Ireland national rugby union players]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|6677}}

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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Irish rugby union players]]
[[Category:Ireland international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from County Kildare]]
[[Category:Rugby union wings]]
[[Category:University College Dublin R.F.C. players]]

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