Ralph Garner
Ralph Lindsay Garner was an Australian rugby union international.
Early life and education
Garner was born in Yass and educated at De La Salle College Armidale and the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for the Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.Career
A speed winger, Garner gained two Wallabies caps on the historic 1949 Australia rugby union [tour of New Zealand|1949 tour of New Zealand], where they claimed a first ever away series win over the All Blacks. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.