Willie John McBride is a rugby union footballer that was born at Toomebridge, County Antrim. McBride played 11 tests for Ireland as a captain and the first team they beat was South Africa (The Springboks) after that they beat Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in their own countries. McBride played with Gordon Brown of Scotland before he ended his career against Wales on 15 March 1975 after that he coached the Irish team and was manager of the 1983 British and Irish lions tour to New Zealand. He lives in Ballyclare. At the end the rugby world magazine named him “Heineken Rugby”.