A forward with the Newtown Rugby Union club in Sydney, McCue was selected on the first Wallaby tour of England in 1908–1909, the squad captained by Herbert Moran. That side competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and McCue was a member of the Australia national rugby union team captained by Chris McKivat which won the gold medal. Paddy McCue also coached the St. George Rugby Union Club in the 1930s.[4]
Rugby league club career
Along with fourteen of his Olympic Wallaby teammates on his return to Australia he negotiated to take part in promotional matches against the Pioneer Kangaroos and was promptly banned from the amateur code by the Metropolitan Rugby Union. McCue and a number of the rebels joined the Newtown club in Sydney in 1910. They included gold medallist Wallabies John "Jumbo" Barnett and Charles "Boxer" Russell. He helped the club win premiership honours that year, playing at second-row forward in the 1910 NSWRFL season's final.
McCue played seven seasons with Newtown and after retiring as a player was assistant coach of the University club in its inaugural first grade season of 1920. He later returned to rugby union, coaching the University rugby union team in seasons 1926, 1927, 1932, 1935, 1942, 1943 and 1944.[5] Paddy McCue was the elder brother of Jim McCue, who also played with Newtown between 1911–1919.
In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, McCue was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.
Rugby league representative career
McCue was selected to represent New South Wales in 1911 and later led New South Wales as captain on the 1912-13 tour of New Zealand.
He was selected on the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain which was an Australasian squad including four New Zealanders. McCue made his international rugby league debut in the first Test of 1911 at Newcastle upon Tyne and played in all three Tests of the series, as well as in twenty other minor tour matches, scoring seven tries all told on the tour. His final international appearance was in the first test of the 1914 domestic Ashes series.[6]
patrick, mccue, patrick, aloysius, mccue, june, 1883, september, 1962, australian, representative, rugby, union, player, pioneer, rugby, league, footballer, dual, code, rugby, international, olympic, gold, medallist, paddy, mccuebirth, namepatrick, aloysius, m. Patrick Aloysius McCue 24 June 1883 10 September 1962 was an Australian representative rugby union player and pioneer rugby league footballer He was a dual code rugby international and an Olympic gold medallist 3 Paddy McCueBirth namePatrick Aloysius McCue 1 2 Date of birth 1883 06 24 24 June 1883 1 Place of birthSydney New South WalesDate of death7 September 1962 1962 09 07 aged 79 1 Place of deathCronulla New South WalesRugby league careerPosition s Second rowSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 1910 16Newtown81 116 State of OriginYearsTeamApps Points 1911 12New South Wales2 6 National team s YearsTeamApps Points 1911 14Australia4 6 Rugby union careerPosition s lock 1 Amateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Newtown RUFC National team s YearsTeamApps Points 1907 08Wallabies4 0 Medal record Men s rugby unionRepresenting AustralasiaOlympic Games1908 London Team competition Contents 1 Rugby union career 2 Rugby league club career 3 Rugby league representative career 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksRugby union career Edit 1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v CornwallA forward with the Newtown Rugby Union club in Sydney McCue was selected on the first Wallaby tour of England in 1908 1909 the squad captained by Herbert Moran That side competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and McCue was a member of the Australia national rugby union team captained by Chris McKivat which won the gold medal Paddy McCue also coached the St George Rugby Union Club in the 1930s 4 Rugby league club career EditAlong with fourteen of his Olympic Wallaby teammates on his return to Australia he negotiated to take part in promotional matches against the Pioneer Kangaroos and was promptly banned from the amateur code by the Metropolitan Rugby Union McCue and a number of the rebels joined the Newtown club in Sydney in 1910 They included gold medallist Wallabies John Jumbo Barnett and Charles Boxer Russell He helped the club win premiership honours that year playing at second row forward in the 1910 NSWRFL season s final McCue played seven seasons with Newtown and after retiring as a player was assistant coach of the University club in its inaugural first grade season of 1920 He later returned to rugby union coaching the University rugby union team in seasons 1926 1927 1932 1935 1942 1943 and 1944 5 Paddy McCue was the elder brother of Jim McCue who also played with Newtown between 1911 1919 In 2008 the centenary year of rugby league in Australia McCue was named in the Newtown Jets 18 man team of the century Rugby league representative career EditMcCue was selected to represent New South Wales in 1911 and later led New South Wales as captain on the 1912 13 tour of New Zealand He was selected on the 1911 12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain which was an Australasian squad including four New Zealanders McCue made his international rugby league debut in the first Test of 1911 at Newcastle upon Tyne and played in all three Tests of the series as well as in twenty other minor tour matches scoring seven tries all told on the tour His final international appearance was in the first test of the 1914 domestic Ashes series 6 McCue back row 5th from left with the 1908 Wallaby tour squadSee also EditRugby union at the 1908 Summer OlympicsFootnotes Edit a b c d Scrum com player profile of Paddy McCue Scrum com Retrieved 12 July 2010 other sources report his date of birth 1 June 1883 Patrick McCue Olympedia Retrieved 7 April 2021 The Referee Sydney 5 8 1937 The Secrets of St George s Revival Patrick McCue Lock Wallaby 79 Historical Wallabies Player Profile Australian Rugby Union Retrieved 23 October 2016 Whittacker Hudson The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players 1995 ISBN 1875169571References EditWhiticker Alan amp Hudson Glen 2006 The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players Gavin Allen Publishing Sydney Andrews Malcolm 2006 The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn SydneyExternal links EditPatrick McCue at databaseOlympics com at the Wayback Machine archived 10 February 2007 Paddy McCue at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Paddy McCue at RLP Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Patrick McCue amp oldid 1127433666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
