About Ralph Garner
Lived 1927 – 2012 (aged 85). Ralph Garner was an Australian rugby union player.
Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.
Early life and education Garner was born in Yass and educated at De La Salle College Armidale and the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for the Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.
Career A speed winger, Garner gained two Wallabies caps on the historic 1949 tour of New Zealand, where they claimed a first ever away series win over the All Blacks. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.
Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.
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Who was Ralph Garner?
Australian rugby union player
When was Ralph Garner born?
Ralph Garner was born on 20 January 1927.
When did Ralph Garner die?
Ralph Garner died on 14 July 2012.
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Ralph Garner was a rugby union player.
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Ralph Garner was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ralph Garner. https://biography.guide/ralph-garner/
MLA: "Ralph Garner." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ralph-garner/.
Chicago: "Ralph Garner." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ralph-garner/.
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