Colm Tucker

Rugby player

Colm Tucker

Birth name

Colm Christopher Tucker

Date of birth

(1952-09-22)22 September 1952

Place of birth

Limerick, Ireland

Date of death

11 January 2012(2012-01-11) (aged 59)

Height

186 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb)

School

St. Munchin's College

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Flanker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1979–1980 1980	Ireland British & Irish Lions	3 2	(0) (0)

Colm Tucker (22 September 1952 – 11 January 2012)^[1] was an Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions^[2] during a period when at club level he was representing Shannon RFC. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick.^[3]

Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59.^[4]

Notes

^ "Colm Tucker player profile]". Scrum.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Colm Tucker Lions profile". lionsrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Colm Tucker passes away". lionsrugby.com. 12 January 2012.
^ "Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker" Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 11 January 2012.