Birth name | Daren Stephen O'Leary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 June 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Harold Wood, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 0 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Daren O'Leary (born 27 June 1973 in Harold Wood, England) [1] was a rugby union player who represented Saracens, Harlequins, Gloucester, Worcester and Moseley. Now retired, he is a professional rugby union agent with Top Marque Sports. [2]
Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol. [3]
O'Leary was part of the senior England squad for the 1993 Five Nations Championship and the 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia, [4] but was ultimately never capped at that level.
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