- Date of Birth15 / 07 / 1940
- Lions Tours1971
- International CapsIreland
- Lions Origin SchoolsTerenure College Dublin
- Lions Origin ClubsBarbarians, Terenure College, Leinster
Mike Hipwell was a member of the successful 1971 Tour but from a personal point of view his trip to New Zealand ended early and in disappointment.
The Irish No 8 featured in six of the first eight Tour matches but the game with Canterbury was to be his last of the Tour.
The eighth match of the Tour was a brutal affair and Hipwell was one of three players forced off injured and he was unable to play any further part for the Lions that year.
The Carlow-born forward played for Terenure College and earned 12 caps for Ireland over the course of more than a decade.