ru_nationalteam ru_province death_date birth_place ru_nationalcaps article_title name birth_date nickname ru_nationalpoints ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
australia state c. 1954 brisbane , queensland 3 sine boland
 sine boland 12 july 1875 sine -lrb- 0 -rrb- flanker simon bernard boland 1899-03
sine boland

simon bernard `` sine '' boland -lrb- 12 july 1875 - c. 1954 -rrb- was an australian rugby union player a state and national representative flanker who appeared in the inaugural series of tests matches played by australia in 1899 .
boland , was born in brisbane , queensland and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for australia .
his international debut was in the 3rd test of 1899 british lions tour to australia against matthew mullineux 's british side in sydney , on 5 august 1899 .
a week later he would play again in the 4th test .
he had earlier made an appearance for queensland against those same tourists .
