Full name | Harold Halliday Rea | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 March 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
School | Belfast Royal Academy | ||||||||||||||||
University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Professor of medicine | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Harold Halliday Rea (born 18 March 1946) is an academic and former Ireland international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Belfast, Rea was educated at Belfast Royal Academy, where he followed his brothers John and Richard in captaining the first XV.[2] He led the school to the 1964 Ulster Schools' Cup title (shared with Campbell College).[3]
Rea played his senior rugby with Edinburgh University, North of Ireland, London Irish and Ulster, while winning two Ireland caps as a centre. He made his debut in Ireland's 1967 win over the touring Wallabies and played a 1969 Five Nations match against France, both at Lansdowne Road.[4]
Rea moved to New Zealand in 1974 to take over an Auckland medical practice.[4] He became a professor of medicine.[5]