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width:100%;">Playing information</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position</th><td class="infobox-data role">Fly-half</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: #EBF5FF; text-align: center" colspan="7">Club </th></tr> <tr style="line-height: 9pt"> <th style="width: 6.5em">Years </th> <th style="width: 16em">Team </th> <th style="width: 1.5em; text-align: center"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th style="width: 1.5em; text-align: center"><abbr title="Tries">T</abbr> </th> <th style="width: 1.5em; text-align: center"><abbr title="Goals">G</abbr> </th> <th style="width: 1.5em; text-align: center"><abbr title="Field goals">FG</abbr> </th> <th style="width: 1.5em; text-align: center"><abbr title="Points">P</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1975–1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garryowen_Football_Club" title="Garryowen Football Club">Garryowen</a> 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Rugby">Munster</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1986–1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster_Rugby" title="Leinster Rugby">Leinster</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1976–1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ireland_Wolfhounds" title="Ireland Wolfhounds">Ireland A</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1978–1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center">113 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">19xx–19xx </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">Barbarians</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td> <td style="text-align: center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anthony Joseph Patrick Ward</b> (born 8 October 1954), commonly referred to as <b>Tony Ward</b>, is an Irish former <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> player during the 1970s and 1980s. He played rugby as a <a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">fly-half</a> for, among others, <a href="/wiki/Munster_Rugby" title="Munster Rugby">Munster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Rugby" title="Leinster Rugby">Leinster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">Barbarians</a>. Ward was selected 1979 European rugby player of the year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward won 19 caps for <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> between 1978 and 1987. He made his international debut against <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Road" title="Lansdowne Road">Lansdowne Road</a> on 21 January 1978 at the age of 23, helping Ireland win 12–9. During the <a href="/wiki/1978_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1978 Five Nations Championship">1978 Five Nations Championship</a> he scored 38 points, a record for a debutant. He made one major tour with Ireland, to <a href="/wiki/1979_Ireland_rugby_union_tour_of_Australia" title="1979 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia">Australia in 1979</a>. During his career as an Ireland international he scored 113 points, including 29 penalties, 7 <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)" title="Try (rugby)">conversions</a> and 4 <a href="/wiki/Drop_goal" title="Drop goal">drop goals</a>. He played his last game for Ireland on 3 June 1987 in a 32–9 win over <a href="/wiki/Tonga_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga national rugby union team">Tonga</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1987_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1987 Rugby World Cup">1987 Rugby World Cup</a>. Ward retired from international duty after the <a href="/wiki/1988_Ireland_rugby_union_tour_of_France" title="1988 Ireland rugby union tour of France">1988 Ireland rugby union tour of France</a> where he scored the winning points for the first win in France since 1972 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Munster">Munster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Munster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward also inspired Munster to a <a href="/wiki/History_of_rugby_union_matches_between_Munster_and_New_Zealand" title="History of rugby union matches between Munster and New Zealand">legendary win over New Zealand</a>, scoring two drop goals and a conversion in a 12–0 victory at <a href="/wiki/Thomond_Park" title="Thomond Park">Thomond Park</a> on 31 October <a href="/wiki/1978_All_Black_Grand_Slam_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 All Black Grand Slam tour">1978</a>. To date Munster are the only Irish provincial men's team ever to beat the All-Blacks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_and_Irish_Lions">British and Irish Lions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: British and Irish Lions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward also played one Test game for the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1980_British_Lions_tour_to_South_Africa" title="1980 British Lions tour to South Africa">1980 South Africa tour</a>. He set a Lions Test record by scoring 18 points, including 5 penalties and a drop goal. It was also a record for any player against <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward was the first ever recipient of a European Rugby Player of the Year award for his performances in the <a href="/wiki/1979_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1979 Five Nations Championship">1979 Five Nations Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rules_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Association_football">Association football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; max-width: 420px !important;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1967–1972</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rangers AFC</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1973–1977</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C." title="Shamrock Rovers F.C.">Shamrock Rovers</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 39</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (9)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1981–1982</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Limerick_F.C." title="Limerick F.C.">Limerick</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 4</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1970</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_under-15_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Ireland national under-15 football team">Republic of Ireland U15</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Ward also played under age football, where he played on the Republic of Ireland national Under-15 football team alongside <a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Liam Brady</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">midfielder</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward played for both <a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C." title="Shamrock Rovers F.C.">Shamrock Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limerick_United_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Limerick United F.C.">Limerick United</a>. </p><p>He made his <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a> debut for his boyhood team at Home Farm on 1 December 1973. In his second season with Rovers, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_League_of_Ireland" title="1974–75 League of Ireland">1974–75</a> he scored 6 league goals. Ward didnt play for the whole <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_League_of_Ireland" title="1974–75 League of Ireland">1974–75</a> season and only played sporadically in his last season at <a href="/wiki/Glenmalure_Park" title="Glenmalure Park">Glenmalure Park</a>. On his final appearance for the Hoops he scored in the same ground where he made his debut on 27 March 1977. </p><p>He played for Limerick United in the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_UEFA_Cup" title="1981–82 UEFA Cup">1981–82 UEFA Cup</a> and in 1982 he helped them win the <a href="/wiki/FAI_Cup" title="FAI Cup">FAI Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His last game for Limerick was in Pat Nolan's testimonial in August 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journalism">Journalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since retiring as a sportsman, Ward has worked as a sports journalist, most notably with the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i>, and as a rugby commentator for <a href="/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Raidió Teilifís Éireann">Raidió Teilifís Éireann</a> (RTÉ). </p><p>Ward started as a co-commentator for the 1988 Five Nations Championship, and remained in that role for many years. </p><p>While playing rugby he had been a geography and PE teacher in <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_College_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrew's College (Ireland)">St Andrews</a> secondary school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coach">Coach</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward is currently involved in St. Gerards School in Bray, where he is coaching the Senior Rugby team and has been doing so for a number of years now. </p><p>Tony was, during the '90's, a highly valued and well respected coach for St Andrews School in <a href="/wiki/Booterstown" title="Booterstown">Booterstown</a>, Ireland. He constantly downplayed his fame and success and wouldn't even be in the room if another coach played video footage of his legendary tries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal">Personal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward's early years were spent in Leeds until his father’s premature death in 1959 necessitated the family’s return to Ireland. His grandfather Jack Donnelly played for St James's Gate in their first ever League of Ireland season of 1921/22 and scored in the club's first league fixture, a 5–1 win over Dublin United on 17 September 1921. The Gate won both the League and FAI Cup that season as well as the Leinster Senior Cup. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Rugby</dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Munster_Senior_Cup_(rugby_union)" title="Munster Senior Cup (rugby union)">Munster Senior Cup (rugby union)</a></b> 2 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garryowen_Football_Club" title="Garryowen Football Club">Garryowen Football Club</a> 1975, 1979</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Munster_Senior_League_(rugby_union)" title="Munster Senior League (rugby union)">Munster Senior League (rugby union)</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garryowen_Football_Club" title="Garryowen Football Club">Garryowen Football Club</a> 1982</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/IRFU_Interprovincial_Championship" title="IRFU Interprovincial Championship">IRFU Interprovincial Championship</a></b> 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Munster_Rugby" title="Munster Rugby">Munster Rugby</a> 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Association football</dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/FAI_Cup" title="FAI Cup">FAI Cup</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Limerick_F.C." title="Limerick F.C.">Limerick</a> 1982</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Castrol Cup</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamrock Rovers">Shamrock Rovers</a> 1973</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Individual</dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World" title="Rugby World">Rugby World</a> Golden Boot</b> 2 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland national rugby union team</a> 1978, 1979</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland national rugby union team</a> 1979</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_who_have_converted_from_one_football_code_to_another" title="List of players who have converted from one football code to another">List of players who have converted from one football code to another</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ward_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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sport's great injustices"</a>. <i>Irish Independent</i>. 1 December 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 October</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Irish+Independent&rft.atitle=Tony+Ward%3A+O%27Driscoll+award+snub+one+of+sport%27s+great+injustices&rft.date=2009-12-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.ie%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Ftony-ward-odriscoll-award-snub-one-of-sports-great-injustices-1959433.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATony+Ward+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tony-ward_2/#wac_660x40_top">Tony Ward</a> at WorldFootball.net</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" 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