Desmond Michael Connor (born 9 August 1935 in Ashgrove, Queensland[citation needed]) is an Australian former rugby union player who represented internationally both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams.
[1] He was selected in Australian national squad for the Wallabies 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
[2] Following his move to New Zealand he was capped 12 times by the All Blacks, with a record of 10 wins, a draw and a defeat.
[3] He was to return to Australian rugby as a coach firstly at Brisbane Brothers, then Queensland and Australia.
A keen tactician and student of the game, Connor studied the rulebook and after consulting with referees, he introduced in the first Test the first short lineout used in the Southern Hemisphere.