Seán MacHale
| Date of birth | 6 April 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ballina, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 March 2023 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Seán MacHale (6 April 1936 — 31 March 2023) was an Irish rugby union international.[1]
Born in Ballina, County Mayo, MacHale was a prop, capped 12 times for Ireland from 1965 to 1967. He played in Ireland's first ever win over the Springboks at Lansdowne Road in 1965 and was part of three Five Nations campaigns. At club level, he competed for Galwegians, Lansdowne and Bohemians. He was a business consultant by profession.[2]
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- ^ "McHale stays unrepentant!". Irish Independent. 14 September 1988.
- ^ "Great sadness after passing of Ballina sporting legend". Western People. 3 April 2023.