| Birth name | Stephen Charles Finnane[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 July 1952[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Waverley College & Vaucluse High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Charles "Steve" Finnane (born 3 July 1952) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Finnane, a prop, was born in Sydney and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia. He was dubbed the phantom puncher, for a short right uppercut delivered to Welsh player Graham Price in a scrum during the second Test match between the Wallabies and Wales at the SCG on 17 June 1978. The Welshman suffered a shattered jaw.[2] The Wallaby later wrote in a book that he hit Price.
The Wales match proved to be Finnane's last for Australia: although he was selected for the 1979 tour of New Zealand, he declined, choosing to focus on his professional career as a barrister.[3][4] Finnane was admitted as a Barrister in the Supreme court on 6 June 1975. He is the brother of District Court judge Michael Finnane KC[5]
References
SMH 22 August 2010
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Scrum.com player profile of Steve Finnane". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ↑ "The story behind this iconic Welsh rugby picture". 21 June 2019.
- ↑ "Silk selection ironed out". 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "| Classic Wallabies".
- ↑ "Michael Finnane KC". 10 February 2023.