| Full name | Thomas Jude Nesdale | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1933-08-18)18 August 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 November 2019(2019-11-14) (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sandycove, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Presentation Brothers College | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Jude Nesdale (18 August 1933 — 14 November 2019) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Nesdale was born in Cork and educated at Presentation Brothers College.
A second-rower, Nesdale captained Presentation Brothers College to the 1952 Munster Schools Senior Cup title. He played his senior rugby at Garryowen and won a Munster Senior Cup with the club in 1954. A regular Munster representative, Nesdale was in the side that secured a draw with the touring 1957–58 Wallabies. He was capped by Ireland in a match against France at Lansdowne Road in the 1961 Five Nations.
Nesdale's first cousin Gerald is the father of former Ireland hooker Ross Nesdale.
In 2011, Nesdale was inducted into the Munster Rugby Hall of Fame.
See also
References
- "Colourful cup history set for brand new chapter". Irish Independent. 14 March 2014.
- Lewis, Simon (7 May 2011). "Coughlan named Player of the Year". Irish Examiner.
- "Nesdale to the manner born in green of Ireland". The Daily Telegraph. 13 February 1997.
- "Nesdale joins Munster hall of fame". Irish Independent. 7 May 2011.
External links
- Tom Nesdale at ESPNscrum