Andrew Dunne

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Andrew Dunne
Birth nameAndrew Dunne
Date of birth (1979-10-18) 18 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight13 st 3 lb (84 kg)
SchoolBelvedere College S.J.
UniversityUCD, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Old Belvedere
Youth career
Old Belvedere
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001–2003 Leinster [1] 11 (35)
2003–2005 Harlequins [2] 31 (161)
2005–2006 Bath 6 (23)
2006–2007 Leinster 5 (7)
2007–2010 Connacht 26 (78)
Correct as of 19 January 2021
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 Ireland Wolfhounds 2 (8)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2001   Ireland

Andrew "Andy" Dunne born 18 October 1979 in Castleknock Dublin, Ireland is a former professional rugby union player for Leinster Rugby, NEC Harlequins, Bath Rugby and Connacht. He retired in 2009 following a ten-year career. He was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin where he won Schoolboy International caps in both rugby and cricket. He progressed to a Commerce degree in UCD on a sports scholarship, winning a Colours match in 1999 playing with Brian O'Driscoll. He later returned to his home club by joining Old Belvedere RFC, where he won 2 Leinster Senior Cups, and three All Ireland League titles - Division 2 (2006/7), Division 1B (2009/10) and finally was captain for the Dublin 4 club's All Ireland triumph of 2011.

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The flyhalf represented Ireland in the 2001 Rugby Sevens World Cup in Mar Del Plata in Argentina, scoring the tournament's fastest try (7 seconds). In his first season of Premiership rugby in the UK the young Irish man won the Daily Telegraph Try of the Season.[ citation needed ] In the same season he went on to score the winning conversion in the 2004 European Challenge Cup vs Aurelien Rougerie's Clermont. His career did not progress significantly in the following years as expected due to a combination of injuries, club transfers and non-selection.

He was a member of the 2008 Six Nations training squad and won two caps with the Ireland A team that season.

Retirement

Following knee surgery Dunne, retired in 2009 aged 29.[ citation needed ]

He qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist soon afterwards and went on to work with Cricket Ireland in the 2014 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.[ citation needed ]

He is currently a member of the ISCP based in Dublin. [3] [4]

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References

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