Rugby player
Birth name | Peter John Warfield | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1951-04-01) 1 April 1951 (age 73) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waddington, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||
University | Durham and Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Peter John Warfield (born 1 April 1951) is a former rugby union international who represented England in both the 1973 Five Nations and 1975 Five Nations tournaments.
Personal
Warfield attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College and earned a two-year scholarship to the University of North Carolina. He matriculated at Durham University (Hatfield College) in 1971 to read for the General Arts course, where he competed for Durham University RFC and received a full palatinate. He continued his education at St John's College, Cambridge, earning a PGCE in 1975.
Rugby union career
Warfield, a centre, made his test debut against New Zealand on 6 January 1973. He earned 6 international caps in total, with his only win coming against Scotland at Twickenham during the 1975 Five Nations. He played his club rugby for Rosslyn Park.
References
- "Peter John Warfield". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University. Durham: Hatfield College Trust. pp. 132–134.
- Glover, Tim (19 January 2003). "Park reviving in the old-fashioned way". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
External links
- Peter Warfield at ESPNscrum
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