Colin Patterson (born 3 March 1955)[1] is a former Ireland international rugby union player.
He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions[2] and at the time played club rugby for Instonians.
He won eleven senior caps and scored five tries for Ireland.
His career came to a premature end when he suffered a serious knee injury playing against Griqualand West during the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa, after having been scrum-half in the first three internationals against South Africa.
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