Ollie Campbell

Seamus Oliver Campbell (born 5 March 1954) is a former Irish rugby union player who played from 1976 to 1984.

He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where he was on the teams that won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup twice in a row in 1971 and 1972. Ollie Campbell played for Old Belvedere at club level and represented Leinster at provincial level, although prior to the professional era.

Campbell's exploits for the Ireland team were legendary, as was his battle for the No.10 jersey with Tony Ward, European player of the year in 1978 and 1979. Campbell won a total of 22 caps for his country, scoring 217 test points.

Campbell won his first cap for Ireland in 1976 against Australia. In 1979, aged 25, he set an Irish record on the tour to Australia when he scored 60 points, 19 of them in Brisbane which was an Irish record for points in a match against Australia. He was the architect-in-chief of Ireland’s 1982 Triple Crown victory, Ireland's first since 1949, kicking all of Ireland's 21 points against Scotland to secure the Triple Crown. In addition, he was also capped seven times for the British and Irish Lions, 3 in 1980 to South Africa and 4 in 1983 to New Zealand. He scored 184 points in total for the Lions. He also toured twice with Ireland, to Australia in 1979 and to South Africa in 1981.

Campbell played his last match for Ireland in 1985 against Wales. Campbell retired from rugby in 1986 following two years of struggles with hamstring injuries.

In 2007 Ollie Campbell was presented with the Newbridge RFC Legend in Rugby Award along with the Irish Rugby Squad which won the 1982 Triple Crown and elected an Honorary Life Member of Newbridge RFC..

Campbell has worked in the family clothing business since retirement from rugby in 1984.

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