Ronan Kieran Kearney (born 5 March 1957) is an Irish former international rugby union player.
| Full name | Ronan Kieran Kearney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 May 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A proud tradition carved in Marble". Irish Independent. 17 January 2009.
- ^ "Reserve Ronan relishes recall". Sunday Tribune. 12 January 1986.
- ^ "Duggan blow for the Irish". Daily Mirror. 20 March 1982.
- ^ "Rugby union". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 6 January 1986.
External links
edit- Ronan Kearney at ESPNscrum