Interview with Willie John McBride

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Interview with Willie John McBride

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Location

Belfast, Great Victoria Street

Year

1965

Date

Production 12/02/1965

Length

02min 42sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

The Northern Ireland members of the Irish rugby team take the train to Dublin for a 5 Nations match against England. We see Mike Gibson, Willie John McBride and others. 

Bill Rutherford interviews a very young Willie John on the team’s prospects. The Irish team won 5-0. 

Notes

William James McBride, CBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain and toured with the Lions five times; a record that gave him 17 Lions Test caps. He also captained the most successful ever Lions side, which toured South Africa in 1974. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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