Mike Doneghan (born 6 May 1991) is a former professional Scottish rugby union player. Recently at centre for CSM Baia Mare in Romania.
| Birth name | Michael Doneghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Ross Doneghan, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editDoneghan started with Stewart's Melville. He was part of the team that were runners-up in the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup of 2009.[1]
While with Glasgow Warriors, he played with Stirling County.[1]
Professional career
editHe played for Edinburgh U18s in 2008.[1]
He moved to Gloucester that same year and was named best player in their summer academy.[1]
He was named in Glasgow Warriors academy as an Elite Development Player in 2010. He stayed at Glasgow till 2012.[1] He played one match for Glasgow Warriors; away to Dundee HSFP in a pre-season match of the 2010-11 season.[3]
He moved to play for Rotherham Titans for one season in 2012–13, who played in the English championship at the time.[2]
He moved to play for London Scottish for two seasons from 2013 to 2015.[2]
After playing with London Scottish, Doneghan moved to A.S. Macon in France who were playing in Federale 1 at the time.
In 2016 he moved to play for Romanian side CSM Baia Mare in the CEC Bank Super League, the professional top league of Romania.[4]
International career
editDoneghan came through the age-grades with Scotland; playing for the Scotland U18s, Scotland U19s and Scotland U20s.[2]
He would qualify on residency for the Romania national rugby union team in 2019.
He played an exhibition match for Romania A and hoped to represent the Romanian side in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[4] However the Romanian team were expelled from the tournament in 2018 for fielding an ineligible player.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Mike Doneghan".
- ^ a b c d "MICHAEL DONEGHAN: HAVE BOOTS WILL TRAVEL". 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Dundee Hsfp 7 Warriors 71 - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ a b "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com.
- ^ Marica, Irina (16 May 2018). "Romania expelled from Rugby World Cup 2019 - Romania Insider".