Charlie Hannaford (rugby union)


Ronald Charles Hannaford is a former rugby union international who represented England in the 1971 Five Nations.

Personal

Hannaford attended The Crypt School in Gloucester and then studied at Durham University, where one of his contemporaries on the university team was future England international Peter Dixon.
He came close to being dismissed from university after an academically disastrous second year, but was saved by the intervention of Zoologist David Barker. After graduating from Durham with a 2:1 he continued his education at Churchill College, Cambridge, and represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C.. Hannaford taught Biology at Sherborne School from 1968 to 1970, and later at Clifton College and Millfield. He retired to France in 1997.

Rugby union career

He made his test debut against Wales, scoring a try in a 22–6 defeat. His final international appearance came against France in the same tournament. He later toured the Far East with England, playing against Japan.