Pat Tunney

Patrick Tunney
Personal information
Full name Patrick Tunney
Nickname Pat
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1897–1905 Salford 222 11 0 0 33
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904 England 1 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Patrick "Pat" Tunney was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Salford, as a Hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

International honours

Pat Tunney won a cap playing Hooker for England in the 3-9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.[2]

References

  1. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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