Robert Wood Hughes was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Robert Wood Hughes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 15 January 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
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A strong-scrummaging forward, Hughes played for Belfast club North of Ireland and was capped 12 times for Ireland from 1878 to 1886, with all of his matches coming against either England or Scotland.[1]
Hughes served as president of the Northern Branch of the IRU in 1889–90.[2]
Outside of rugby, Hughes was a teacher, working as an assistant master at both Lurgan College and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, then later became senior inspector of schools.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lansdowne Road legend lives on". ESPN.com. 5 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Death Of Former International Rugby Player". Belfast News-Letter. 19 January 1927.
External links
edit- Barney Hughes at ESPNscrum