# Bruce Taafe

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{{Short description|Australia international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
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| name = Bruce Taafe
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| birth_name = Bruce Stanton Taafe<ref name="scrum" >{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/7537.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Bruce Taafe|publisher=Scrum.com|access-date=12 July 2010}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|8|13|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" />
| birth_place = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Victoria<ref name="scrum" />
| death_date=  {{death date and age|2018|4|29|1944|8|13|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Vale Wallaby #530, Bruce Taafe |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/05/02/vale-bruce-taafe |access-date=30 January 2020 |work=rugby.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
| death_place= Manly, New South Wales, Australia
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| ru_position = [hooker](/source/hooker_(rugby_union))<ref name="scrum" />
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| repyears1 = 1969–72<ref name="scrum" />
| repteam1 = [Wallabies](/source/Australian_national_rugby_union_team)
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'''Bruce Stanton Taafe''' (13 August 1944 – 29 April 2018) was a [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player who represented [Australia](/source/Australia).

Taafe, a [hooker](/source/hooker_(rugby_union)), was born in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Victoria and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

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Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Australia international rugby union players
Category:1944 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Rugby union players from Melbourne
Category:Rugby union hookers
Category:New South Wales rugby union team players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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