John Palmer is pictured above during his final
appearance
for England - a 25-20 win against Ireland on 1st March 1986.
Career Record: Played 3, Won 1, Lost 2
1984 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth) L 33-15
Hare, Bailey, Davies,
Palmer, Trick, Horton, Hill,
Blakeway, Mills, Preedy, Fidler, Scott (capt),
Hall, Winterbottom, Butcher
Reserve: Stringer
Penalties: Hare (4).
1984 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth) L 33-15
Hare, Bailey, Davies,
Palmer, Trick, Horton, Hill,
Blakeway, Mills, Preedy, Fidler, Scott (capt), Hall,
Winterbottom, Butcher
Reserve: Stringer
Penalties: Hare (4).
Drop Goal: Horton
1986 v Ireland (Twickenham) W 25-20 (FN)
Davies, Harrison, Simms, Clough, R Underwood,
Andrew, Melville, Chilcott, Brain, Pearce, Dooley,
Colclough, Winterbottom, Rees, Richards
Reserve:
Palmer
Tries: Richards (2), Davies.
Conversions: Andrew (3). Penalties: Andrew.
John Palmer's rugby career.
John Palmer hung up his boots after the Bath v Leicester Cup Final
on 29th April 1989 following an illustrious Bath RUFC playing career.
His debut game was on 9th April 1975 v Northampton.
He played 335 1st XV games, scoring 81 tries, making 223 conversions,
9 drop goals, 182 penalties and scoring 1343 points.
1986 JOHN PLAYER CUP WINNER AS CAPTAIN.
He appeared 4 times for the Barbarians scoring 2 tries
and 24 games for Somerset.