Ronan Kearney

Ronan Kearney
Full nameRonan Kieran Kearney
Date of birth (1957-05-03) 3 May 1957 (age 67)
Place of birthKilkenny, Ireland
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / No. 8
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1982–86 Ireland 4 (0)

Ronan Kieran Kearney (born 5 March 1957) is an Irish former international rugby union player.

A farmer from County Kilkenny, Kearney played his rugby with Kilkenny RFC, Wanderers and Leinster.[1][2]

Kearney won four Ireland caps as a back-rower during the 1980s. His debut came as an injury replacement for Willie Duggan, another Kilkenny product, in Ireland's final 1982 Five Nations fixture against France in Paris.[3] He played against the Wallabies at Lansdowne Road in 1984 and featured twice in the 1986 Five Nations.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "A proud tradition carved in Marble". Irish Independent. 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Reserve Ronan relishes recall". Sunday Tribune. 12 January 1986.
  3. ^ "Duggan blow for the Irish". Daily Mirror. 20 March 1982.
  4. ^ "Rugby union". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 6 January 1986.