About John Birch
John Birch was a rugby union player.
John Birch is a former Irish international rugby union player from Northern Ireland.
Birch played his rugby for Coleraine, Ballymena, Instonians, Queen's University and Ulster.
A CAI schoolteacher, Birch won a place on Ireland's 1970 tour of Argentina. He had been a late call up to play hooker for the Possibles team in the Irish trials but impressed enough to join Ballymena teammates Willie John McBride and Syd Millar on the touring party.
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