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{{short description|Ireland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_place = [[Portadown]], [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]
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'''Patrick Stephen Johns''', known as '''Paddy Johns''' (born 19 February 1968, in [[Portadown]]) was an Irish rugby union player from 1990 to 2000. He played mainly as a lock and occasionally in the back-row. He won 59 caps, scoring 4 tries and 20 points. He had his international debut, on 27 October 1990 against [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], in [[Dublin]], in a match won 20–18, and his final appearance came on 11 November 2000, with [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]], in a win of 78–9, again in [[Dublin]]. He played at the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]] and the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]]. He also played for the [[Ireland national rugby sevens team]] at the inaugural [[1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens]], where Ireland reached the semi-finals, its best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup Sevens.

He studied [[dentistry]] at [[Trinity College Dublin]] and currently practices as a dental surgeon.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files_rugby/JOHNS_Paddy_19940115_GH_R.jpg]
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{{Ireland Squad 1995 World Cup}}
{{Ireland Squad 1999 World Cup}}
{{Ireland national rugby union team captains}}
{{Ireland Sevens Squad for the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens}}

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