Brian Begley (rugby union)

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Brian Begley
Date of birth (1973-09-24) 24 September 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth Ireland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (13.5 st; 190 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Old Crescent ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996–1998 Munster 6 (58)

Brian Begley (born 24 September 1973) is an Irish former rugby union player.

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Career

Begley played for the Ireland Schools team, coached by future Munster and Ireland head coach Declan Kidney, that toured New Zealand in 1992. He joined the Munster setup in the late 1990s, by which time Kidney had become the provinces coach, but, despite scoring 58 points in 6 appearances between 1996 and 1998, professionalism did not seem to suit Begley, and returned to the amateur All-Ireland League with Old Crescent, for whom he played for well into the 2000s. [1] [2] [3]

Begley was also one of Ireland's leading amateur golfers during the 1980s, and he was appointed chief executive of St Margaret's Club in Dublin in 2001. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "When young guns become lost boys". Irish Independent . 18 January 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Club News Weekending April 15th 2007". Munster Rugby. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Carroll drives 'Well to victory as Crescent's late heroics fail". Irish Examiner . 22 October 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Begley appointed". The Irish Times . 30 January 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2019.


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