Patrick Joseph Casey commonly called Pat Casey, was an Ireland

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 rugby union

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 player.

He played for Lansdowne Football Club (where he is in their hall of fame) and provincially for Leinster

Leinster Rugby

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. He made his international debut on January 16 1963

1963 Five Nations Championship

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 against France

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. He was capped 12 times, scoring three tries for Ireland at wing playing alongside the likes of Mike Gibson, Sir Anthony O'Reilly, Tom Kiernan

Tom Kiernan

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 and Willie John McBride

Willie John McBride

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Casey scored one of the greatest tries in Irish rugby history against England

England national rugby team

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 in a 18-5 rout at Twickenham

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 in 1964

1964 Five Nations Championship

The 1964 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between...

. A move began by debutante fly half Mike Gibson in their 22 was finished of by Casey. The game was one of the first ever rugby games captured by RTÉ television cameras. It is the largest win by any "Home Nation" team against England of all time in Twickenham.

Casey also scored a memorable try for Leinster in the same year versus the All Blacks

All Blacks

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in a narrow 11-8 defeat. A 40 yard interception almost made history for the Irish province.