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Paul Perrin

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Paul Perrin
Full namePaul Douglas Perrin
Date of birth (1940-03-26) 26 March 1940 (age 84)
Place of birthPymble, Sydney, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1962 Australia 1 (0)

Paul Douglas Perrin (born 26 March 1940) is an Australian former rugby union international.

Perrin is the son of 1930s Wallabies number eight Tom Perrin. He was born in the Sydney suburb of Pymble and educated at The Southport School on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[1]

A lock, Perrin played for the Brisbane-based GPS club and was capped once for the Wallabies, against the All Blacks at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1962, with Rob Heming unavailable.[2]

Perrin was the inaugural captain-coach of the Gold Coast Eagles in the Queensland Sub-District competition.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Paul Douglas Perrin". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. ^ "Australia Lose Union Captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 May 1962.
  3. ^ "Our History". Gold Coast District Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.
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