John O'Shea (rugby union)

John Patrick O'Shea (2 June 1940 – 24 April 2024) was a Wales international rugby union player.

Educated at Lewis School Pengam, along with John Dawes, he was capped five times for Wales as a prop between 1967 and 1968.

In the match against Eastern Transvaal at Springs he became the first Lion ever to be sent off for foul play, after throwing a punch.

[3] Later in the tour while playing against Rhodesia, he became the first Lions prop to score two tries in a game.

[4] John Patrick O'Shea was born in Weston-Super-Mare, England, on 2 June 1940.