Richard Fogarty

Richard Fogarty (born 12 December 1891 (Matakanui) – died 9 September 1980 (Dunedin) was New Zealand international rugby player. He was a member of the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

 in 1914, playing in the Forward (rugby union|Loose forward]] and Hooker positions.

Early life

Fogarty was born in Matakanui, Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

, New Zealand and was educated at Christian Brothers School

Kavanagh College

Kavanagh College is a Catholic Secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. The school in its present form dates from 1989 but its origins as a secondary school go back to 1871....

 where he played rugby.

Senior rugby

Fogarty played for the Union club and represented Otago

Otago

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 in 1914. He then played for the Hawera

Hawera

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 club and represented the province of Taranaki

Taranaki Province

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 1920–1922. He then shifted to Auckland

Auckland

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 and played for the College Rifles Club. He represented the province of Auckland in 1923 and 1924. He was a New Zealand trialist in 1924 and played in the New Zealand Services team in 1918, 1919 and 1920.

All Black

Fogarty was selected for the 1921 All Blacks. His two games for New Zealand were against the 1921 Springboks He played in his usual position as a loose forward in the first test and as a hooker in the final test. The first test was won by New Zealand (13–5) and the second was a scoreless draw (0–0). Fogarty had no opportunity to score points for the All Blacks.

Sources

• Ron Polanski, The All Blackography, Hodder Moa, 2007.