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John O'Shea - Prop

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John O'Shea
Height180
Weight97
Date Of Birth02/06/1940
Place Of BirthWeston-Super-Mare
EducationLewis Boys School, Pengam, St Luke's College, Exeter
ClubsCardiff, Newbridge
RegionsMonmouthshire, Cornwall
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions, East Wales, Wales RU U23, Wales Schools
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
ManagedAustralia
John Patrick O'Shea was born in Weston super mare, Somerset and educated in Monmouthshire. Joining Cardiff in 1963 he played 213 games for the club between then and 1970, scoring 18 tries. Despite only earning five Welsh caps (making his debut against Scotland in 1967) the Lions recognised his qualities and selected him for the 1968 tour to South Africa where he played eight games, including the first test. A year later he returned there with the Barbarians. In 1969 he represented the Barbarians against Rhodesia.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1963-1964 37 29 2 6 3 0 0 0 9
1964-1965 32 19 4 9 3 0 0 0 9
1965-1966 44 33 3 8 2 0 0 0 6
1966-1967 35 26 2 7 4 0 0 0 12
1967-1968 29 21 1 7 4 0 0 0 12
1968-1969 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
1969-1970 25 17 3 5 2 0 0 0 6
TOTAL 213 154 16 43 19 0 0 0 57
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 22 19 0 3 725 396 94
Llandovery 21 19 0 2 690 331 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19