Casey Dunne

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Casey Dunne
Personal information
Full nameCasey Patrick Dunne
Born (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 37)
County Meath, Ireland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 13 lb (95 kg)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback, Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Longhorns RL
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–17 Ireland 13121010
As of 28 September 2016
Source: [1]

Casey Dunne (born 25 November 1984), also known by the nicknames of "Dunney", "The Pikey Prince" and "The Big Deal Dunne", is an Irish professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or fullback for Longhorns RL in the ROI League and Ireland at international level.

Dunne has also won the Towns cup and all-Ireland cup with his rugby union club Ashbourne RFC along with intermediate and junior championships in GAA with his hometown club; Duleek/Bellewstown GAA. [2] [3]

Dunne is an Irish international. [4] In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European qualifiers. [5]

Dunne was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Domestically he is player-coach for Longhorns RL, who he guided to All-Ireland champions in 2017.

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "Irish Senior Domestic Squad announced". Rugby League Ireland. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "RLI Interview Casey Dunne". Rugby League Ireland. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. "Aston Announces Senior Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.