Ollie Campbell

Seamus Oliver Campbell (born 5 March 1954) was an Irish rugby union player from 1976 to 1984. He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where he was on the teams that won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup twice in a row in 1971 and 1972.^[1] It was only in 2005 that Belvedere College next won the cup, despite being in many finals and semi-finals.

Ollie Campbell played for Old Belvedere at club level and represented Leinster at provincial level, although prior to the professional era where the team plays in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup.

Campbell's exploits for the Ireland team were legendary, as was his battle with Tony Ward for the No.10 jersey. In 1979, aged 25, he set an Irish record on the tour to Australia when he scored 60 points, 19 of them in Brisbane which was an Irish record for points in a match against Australia. In February 1982, he kicked all of Ireland's 21 points against Scotland to secure the Triple Crown for Ireland for the first time since 1949. He won a total of 22 caps for his country, scoring 217 test points. In addition, he was also capped seven times for the British and Irish Lions, 3 in 1980 to South Africa and 4 in 1983 to New Zealand. He scored 184 points in total for the Lions. He also toured twice with Ireland, to Australia in 1979 and to South Africa in 1981.

Campbell has worked in the family clothing business since retirement from rugby.

References

1. ^ "Short career long on impact". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/leinster-rugby/ollie-campbell/. 

External links

• Short career long on impact Interview in The Irish Times

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