Birth name | Dominic Crotty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 July 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6.1 ft (1.9 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14.2 st (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | CBC, Cork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University College Cork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Karen O'Leary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Crotty (born 28 July 1974, Cork) is a retired Irish rugby union player.
During the munster schools cup quarter final against Crescent in February 1991, Crotty announced his arrival as a talent by kicking a match-equalising conversion, thus forcing a replay in Cork which his team won. He was 16 at the time. Years later, in UCC, he scored against UCD at the Mardyke. Crotty played at Fullback and also on the Wing for Garryowen, Munster and the Irish national team, earning five caps between 1996 and 2000. [1] [2]
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