Tim Kelaher

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| name = Tim Kelaher

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| full_name = Timothy Patrick Kelaher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gosford, NSW, Australia

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| height = 6 ft 1 in

| weight = 198 lb

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| position = Fullback

| super14 = NSW Waratahs

| super14years = 1996

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| repyears1 = 1992–93

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Australia}}

| repcaps1 = 3

| reppoints1 = 10

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Timothy Patrick Kelaher (born 24 July 1970) is an Australian former rugby union international.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Georgina |title=Kelaher the man to scour state |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/kelaher-the-man-to-scour--state-20130602-2nkai.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 June 2013 |language=en}}

Kelaher was born in Gosford and attended Sydney's St Joseph's College. He captained the St Joseph's College 1st XV to a premiership in 1989 and was an Australian schoolboys representative player.{{cite web |title=Timothy Patrick Kelaher |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/timothy-patrick-kelaher |website=classicwallabies.com.au |language=en}}

A fullback, Kelaher played in the Shute Shield for Eastwood and Randwick.

Kelaher replaced his injured Waratahs teammate Marty Roebuck to start at fullback on his Test debut in 1992 against the All Blacks in Sydney. He kept his place in the squad for the spring tour later that year and came on off the bench in a convincing win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road. His third and final cap came in 1993 against the All Blacks in Dunedin, where he was given the team's goal-kicking duties.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127240504 |title=All Blacks beat error-ridden Wallaby outfit |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=18 July 1993 |accessdate=23 September 2023 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was due to feature against the touring 1993 Springboks team but had to withdraw due to a bleeding duodenal ulcer. This also ruled him out of the end of season tour.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127243655 |title=Wallabies lose Kelaher on Test eve |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=31 July 1993 |accessdate=23 September 2023 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}

An uncle, Jack Kelaher, played for the Wallabies in the 1930s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126939776 |title=RUGBY UNION NSW back ready to rekindle his name |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=31 July 1992 |accessdate=23 September 2023 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}