The Irish Padre who was a rugby international may have been the above, a very special man. After deep research (looked it up on Wikipedia) it shows the following
Robin Roe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He went on perhaps the greatest Lions rugby tour ever to South Africa in 1955 with Morgan, Butterfield, Davies, O'Reilly etc. This was when the two countries were really close, they had fought on our side in WWII, supported us financially and even had a member of the War Cabinet. Apartheid was not a matter for guests and we were still a great nation in those pre-Suez days. It was a magic tour.