Paddy Johns

Ireland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Paddy Johns
Date of birth (1968-02-19) 19 February 1968 (age 56)
Place of birthPortadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight242 lb (110 kg; 17.3 st)
UniversityTrinity College Dublin
Occupation(s)dentist
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990-2000 Ireland 59 (20)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Ireland 1993 7's RWC

Patrick Stephen Johns, known as Paddy Johns (born 19 February 1968, in Portadown) was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row. He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points. He had his international debut, on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, in Dublin, in a match won 20–18, and his final appearance came on 11 November 2000, with Japan, in a win of 78–9, again in Dublin. He played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He also played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team at the inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Ireland reached the semi-finals, its best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup Sevens.

He studied dentistry at Trinity College Dublin and currently practices as a dental surgeon.[citation needed]

External links

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  • Paddy Johns at ESPNscrum
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Ireland squad1995 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Murphy
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Ireland squad1999 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Gatland
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Ireland national rugby union team captains
To 1900
  • Feb 1875: G.H. Stack
  • Dec 1875: R.J. Bell
  • Feb 1877: R. Galbraith
  • Feb 1877: W.H. Wilson
  • Mar 1878: R.B. Walkington
  • 1879: W.C. Neville
  • 1880: H.C. Kelly
  • 1881–Jan 1882: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1882: J.W. Taylor
  • 1883: G. Scriven
  • Feb 1884: J.A. McDonald
  • Mar 1884: D.F. Moore
  • Feb 1885: W.G. Rutherford
  • Mar 1885: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1886: M. Johnston
  • Feb 1886: J.P. Ross
  • 1887: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1888: H.J. Neill
  • Dec 1888–90: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington
  • Mar 1891: R. Stevenson
  • 1892: Victor Le Fanu
  • 1893: Sam Lee
  • 1894: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor
  • Mar 1895: Charles Rooke
  • Mar 1895: Edmund Forrest
  • 1896: Sam Lee
  • 1897: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1898: Sam Lee
  • Feb 1898: G.G. Allen
  • Mar 1898: W. Gardiner
  • 1899–1900: Louis Magee
To the First World War
To the Second World War
To the professional era
To the present day
Ireland 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad
Squad
  • Vinnie Cunningham (St. Mary's Coll)
  • Eric Elwood (Lansdowne)
  • Mick Galwey (Shannon)
  • Jonathan Garth (Wanderers)
  • Brian Glennon (Lansdowne)
  • Paddy Johns (Dungannon)
  • Denis McBride (c, Malone)
  • Billy Mulcahy (Skerries)
  • Alain Rolland (Blackrock Coll)
  • Richard Wallace (Garryowen)