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Birth name | Adrian Flavin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Harrow on the Hill, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mill Hill School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian Flavin (born 6 June 1979 in Harrow on the Hill, London) is a former Irish rugby union footballer.
Flavin was a member of the 1999 Ireland Under-19 World Cup winning team and also represented the Ireland Under 21s in the 2000 World Cup and the 2001 Six Nations Tournament. Known for his insanely accurate darts. Flavin has also earned two Ireland Wolfhounds A-squad caps versus England Saxons and Scotland A during the 2008 6-Nations.
Flavin has a Powergen Cup Winners Medal & a European Shield Runners Up Medal.
Flavin played for Connacht in the Pro12 and retired at the end of the 2012–13 Pro 12 season.
Adrian Flavin began his role of the director of rugby in Castleknock College at the beginning of the 2013 school year. In his time at the college, Flavin has overseen 2 x Leinster Junior League wins, a Leinster Senior League Final, 2 x Junior Cup Semi-finals and a Senior Cup Semi-final. In the 2020 Season, both Castleknock Cup teams were in the Semi-final for the first time since 2002.
Flavin was selected as Ireland Schools Forwards Coach for the 2014/15 season, competing at the FIRA European Championships in Toulouse, followed by 3 years as Assistant Coach of the Ireland U18 Clubs & Schools team.
In 2019 Flavin coached MU Barnhall RFC to its first ever All Ireland title winning Division 2B of the All Ireland League. Following their unbeaten season winning 18 out of 18 games, Flavin was awarded the IRFU AIL 2A Coach of Year Award.
From 2018 to 2020, he was Head Coach of Leinster U20's.
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