| Full name | Robert Watson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 May 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rathangan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Clergy | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert "Snipe" Watson was an Irish international rugby union player.
A wing three-quarter, Watson played rugby for Wanderers and was capped once for Ireland, appearing against the touring Springboks at Lansdowne Road in 1912. He later served as president of Leinster Rugby.
Watson was a chaplain to the forces in the later stages of World War I and received the Croix de Guerre. He became Canon of Kildare in 1944 and was Rector of Clonsast & Rathangan.
See also
References
- "Leinster Rugby president". Belfast Telegraph. 9 October 1946.
- "Rector of Dublin church". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 1961.
External links
- Snipe Watson at ESPNscrum
- 1961 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- 20th-century Irish clergy
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Rugby union players from County Cork
- Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players
- Rugby union wings
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)