Nigel Carr
| Birth name | Nigel John Carr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Regent House Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Queen's University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nigel Carr (born 27 July 1959) is a former Ireland rugby union international whose promising career was cut short due to injuries sustained in an IRA bomb explosion.
Early life
Nigel John Carr was born in Belfast on 27 July 1959. He won Irish U-23 and 'B' caps in 1979 plus further 'B' appearances in 1980, 1982 and 1984, before winning his first senior cap in 1985.[1]
Senior rugby career
Carr was renowned as one half of an extremely effective back-row duo along with
Regent House Grammar School, Queen's University, Ards RFC, Ulster and Ireland in the late 1970s and into the 1980s.[2]
Carr made his senior international debut against
Barbarians
.
Career and personal life
Dr Nigel Carr works for Invest NI in Belfast and previously also produced and presented a UTV sports programme, 'Sport on Sunday'.[7]
References
- ^ The Independent, Where are they now? Nigel Carr (Belfast 27/7/59), Wednesday January 18 2006
- ^ Where are they now? Philip Matthews (Gloucester 21/1/60), Compiled by David Kelly published Wednesday November 23 2005
- ^ Statsguru / Player analysis / Nigel Carr / Test matches
- ^ "It's a different world since it all began in 1987 - Independent.ie". Archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Belfast Telegraph, Historic clash small step to shared future
- ^ Belfast Telegraph - Ulster's Lions - Wednesday, 20 May 2009
- ^ ITV 1 - Ulster Presenters Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today