Dublin dentist held a number of highly influential positions in both coaching and administration
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Meates was later chairman of the Ireland selection committee, overseeing the 1982 Triple Crown success, and made his mark during the professional era, helping to hone some of Leinster’s leading frontrow talent as their scrum coach for seven seasons. Meates’s coaching spells also saw him take charge of the President’s XV, Wolfhounds, Combined Provinces and Irish Universities teams down through the years.
In the early 1990s, he spent time as president of the Irish Universities Rugby Union and chairman of the IRFU amateur status and medical committees. He was also a trustee of the IRFU Charitable Trust.
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