Pat Montini

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Pat Montini
Montini in New Zealand in 1956
Birth namePatrick Evan Montini
Date of birth15 June 1929
Place of birthCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Date of death26 August 2008(2008-08-26) (aged 79)
Place of deathStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Jan van Riebeeck, Cape Town
UniversityStellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Gardens RFC
Worcester RFC
Maties
()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1951–52,
1955–57
1953–54

Western Province
Boland


International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956 South Africa 2

Patrick Evan Montini (15 June 1929 – 26 August 2008) was a South African rugby union player.[1]

Playing career

Montini attended the

Western Province.[2]

Montini made his test debut for the

Springboks in the first test match against Australia during the 1956 Springbok tour of Australia and New Zealand, on 26 May 1956 at the SCG.[3] Montini played two test matches and nine tour matches for South Africa. He did not score any points in tests, but scored one try and one drop goal in the tour matches.[4]

Test history

No. Opposition Result (SA 1st) Position Tries Date Venue
1.  Australia 9–0
Centre
26 May 1956 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
2. Australia Australia 9–0 Centre 2 June 1956
Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pat Montini". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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