Paddy Johns

Paddy Johns

Date of birth	(1968-02-19) 19 February 1968
Place of birth	Portadown
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	242 lb (110 kg; 17.3 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1990-2000 Ireland 59 (20) National sevens team Years Team Comps Ireland 1993 7's RWC

Patrick Stephen Johns, known as Paddy Johns (born 19 February 1968, in Portadown) was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row. He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points. He had his international debut, on 27 October 1990 against Argentina, in Dublin, in a match won 20-18, and his final appearance came on 11 November 2000, with Japan, in a win of 78-9, again in Dublin. He played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He also played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team at the inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Ireland reached the semifinals, its best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup Sevens.

He studied dentistry at the University of Dublin and currently practices as a dental surgeon.

External links

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• Paddy Johns at ESPNscrum