About Terry Kennedy
Terry Kennedy was a rugby union player.
Terence Joseph Kennedy (born 19 October 1954) is an Irish former rugby union international.
A St Mary's College product, Kennedy was a winger known as "the Rat" who played for Leinster at provincial level and earned 13 Test caps for Ireland, debuting against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road in 1978. He was a member of Ireland's historic 1979 series win in Australia, which the first triumph by a home nation in a southern hemisphere country.
Kennedy's son Terry is an Ireland rugby seven representative.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Terry Kennedy. https://biography.guide/terry-kennedy-rugby-union-player/
MLA: "Terry Kennedy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/terry-kennedy-rugby-union-player/.
Chicago: "Terry Kennedy." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/terry-kennedy-rugby-union-player/.
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