Ollie Campbell retires
NZPA-Reuter London Ollie Campbell, who scored a record 217 points for Ireland in 22 international appearances, announced his retirement from rugby yesterday because of a recurring hamstring problem. Campbell, aged 33, has played only a handful of games at first five-eighths over the last three seasons because of the
"I have done everything possible — worked as ( , hard as I can — but the problem just keeps recurring and in those circumstances I have decided to retire,” he said. Campbell toured twice; with the British Lions, to South Africa in 1980 and to New Zealand in 1983, and was a central figure in Ireland’s Five Nations championship success in .1982.
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