Paul McLean (ƙungiyar rugby)

Paul Edward McLean, MBE (an haife shi a ranar 12 ga Oktoba 1953) tsohon ɗan wasan rugby ne na Australiya. Ya buga wasan rugby a Queensland da Ostiraliya a shekarun 1970 da 1980, tsohon shugaban Queensland Rugby Union, Australian Rugby Union, kuma wanda aka shigar a zauren shahara na Rugby Union Hall of Fame na Australiya.  Daga 2009 zuwa 2015 ya kasance babban jami'in gudanarwa na Savills (Ostiraliya da New Zealand), yana kula da ayyukan Australasia na mai ba da sabis na gidaje na ƙasashen duniya.

 Iyali da rayuwar farko 
An haifi Paul McLean a Ipswich, Queensland ga Bob da Irene McLean. Ya halarci Kwalejin St Edmund da ke Ipswich da Kwalejin Nudgee da ke Brisbane .  McLean ya buga wa Ipswich Rangers,  wasa kafin ya koma Brothers da ke Brisbane, wanda shi ne kulob din rugby na yankinsa a sauran rayuwarsa ta wasa.

Mutane bakwai daga cikin iyalan McLean sun wakilci Ostiraliya a gasar rugby ko kuma gasar rugby. Kakansa Doug McLean Sr. da kawunsa Doug McLean Jr. 'yan wasa ne na ƙasa da ƙasa waɗanda suka buga wa Wallabies da Kangaroos wasa. Kawunsa Bill ya jagoranci Wallabies bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, kuma kawunsa Jack ya yi rangadin yawon shakatawa tare da Wallabies a 1946. Ɗan'uwansa Jeff da ɗan'uwansa Peter suma sun buga wa Wallabies wasa. 

 Aikin Rugby 
McLean ya fara buga wasa a ƙungiyar rugby ta Queensland a shekarar 1973, kuma cikin sauri ya samu ci gaba har ya fara buga wasa a Wallaby a shekara mai zuwa a fafatawa da All Blacks . Ya buga wasanni 31 a jere tsakanin 1974 da 1982. 

Ya kasance ƙwararren mai jefa ƙwallo a raga a duniya kuma a lokacin da yake kan gaba babu wani mai jefa ƙwallo da ya fi shi a wasan. Ya kuma kasance mai hazaka a tseren gudu da kuma mai jefa ƙwallo lokacin da ya ɗauki waɗannan zaɓuɓɓukan, kodayake daga baya a aikinsa, masu suka suna yawan kira da a kawo wasan gudu na Mark Ella a ɓangaren Wallaby. McLean ya buga wasa mafi yawa a raga a raga ga Wallabies, amma a wasu lokutan ana mayar da shi baya ko tsakiya don samar da hanya ga abokan hamayyarsa Tony Melrose, Ken Wright da Mark Ella.

McLean ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa nasara a kan Fiji da ci 22-9 a Suva a 1980.  A kakar wasa ta bankwana da ya yi a 1982, McLean ya kai maki 1,000 ga Queensland a wasansa na 100 kuma na ƙarshe. Ya kuma zira maki 21 a wasansa na ƙarshe na Test, wanda shine tarihin ɗan wasan Australiya a wancan lokacin.  

Wani ɗan jaridar Brisbane mai suna Hugh Lunn ya rubuta waɗannan bayanai game da aikin McLean a cikin jaridar The Australian :

 Manazarta 
Rugby a Relative Thing; McLean Family Has Links to Top". The Queensland Times. Ipswich, Australia. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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