Conor Tweedy, with father Sean and brother Seamus, holds a photo of his grandfather’s UQ Rugby premiership-winning side. Credit: Sportography
Conor Tweedy, with father Sean and brother Seamus, holds a photo of his grandfather's UQ Rugby premiership-winning side. Credit: Sportography Three generations of one family have now played in premiership-winning rugby sides for the University of Queensland, after the club won the inaugural Wheelchair Rugby National League. Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Science student Conor Tweedy is a member of the University of Queensland Rugby Club wheelchair team which defeated long-time UQ rivals Brothers in last Sunday's final game of the competition at Brisbane's Boondall Entertainment Centre. "So many of my family have played for UQ - my granddad and then my Dad, my brother and cousins, so it's pretty special," Mr Tweedy said. He's become the third generation of the family to win a premiership for UQ, with his grandfather Michael Tweedy part of the Reserve Grade winning side in 1956. Conor's father, Associate Professor Sean Tweedy from UQ's School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences won three first grade premierships with UQ in 1988-90 and went on to play for the Queensland Reds. His brother Seamus was a member of the UQ Colts 1 premiership-winning side in 2017.
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