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Full Name	Raymond John McLoughlin
Date of Birth	24 August 1939
Place of Birth	Ballinaslow
Height (cm)	178
Weight (kg)	94
Schools Attended	University College, Dublin

Appearances for Ireland
Played	Capt.	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Points
40	7	1	0	0	0	4

A chemical engineer from Blackrock, McLoughlin was first captained for Ireland in 1962, when he was an undergraduate at University College, Dublin. Having captained his province, Connacht, McLoughlin was duly rewarded with the captaincy of his country.

In 1966, McLoughlin toured Australia and New Zealand with the British Lions but was troubled by injury and only played in three of the six Tests. Injury continued to prevent his participation in the Irish side, however in 1971 he was recalled and then gained a place on the Lions tour later that year to Australia and New Zealand. McLoughlin’s tour ended early as he broke his thumb while it assisted in some ‘early retribution’ during the infamous Canterbury game and so was unable to add to his Test caps.

He played 40 times for Ireland and captained his country on 7 occasions.

British & Irish Lions Appearances

Date	Against	Pos.	(C)	T	C	P	DG	Pts
19/06/1971	Canterbury	PR
05/06/1971	Wellington	PR
29/05/1971	Waikato	PR		1				3
15/05/1971	New South Wales	PR
12/05/1971	Queensland	PR
17/09/1966	Canada	PR
14/09/1966	British Columbia	PR
10/09/1966	New Zealand	PR
03/09/1966	Waikato	PR
31/08/1966	New Zealand Juniors	PR
20/08/1966	Hawke's Bay	PR
17/08/1966	Poverty Bay / East Coast	PR
13/08/1966	New Zealand Maoris	PR
02/08/1966	Wairarapa / Bush	PR
30/07/1966	Auckland	PR
29/06/1966	Combined XV	PR
18/06/1966	Otago	PR
11/06/1966	Southland	PR
04/06/1966	Australia	PR
28/05/1966	Australia	PR		1				3
21/05/1966	New South Wales	PR
11/05/1966	South Australia	PR
Total (Capped)		3	0	1	0	0	0	3
Total (Provincial)		19	0	1	0	0	0	3
Total (All Games)		22	0	2	0	0	0	6