Frankie Sheahan

Last updated

Frankie Sheahan
Birth nameFrank Jeremiah Sheahan
Date of birth (1976-08-27) 27 August 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight107 kg (16.8 st; 236 lb)
School Presentation Brothers College
University University College Cork
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1994–1997
1997–2009		 UCC
Cork Constitution 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996–2009 Munster 163 (110)
Correct as of 5 June 2010
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999–2008
2000–2007		 Ireland A
Ireland 		6
29		 (0)
(25)
Correct as of 5 June 2010

Frankie Sheahan (born 27 August 1976) is a retired professional Irish rugby union player. During his career, Sheahan played for Munster from 1996 until 2009 and for Ireland from 2000 until 2007. Sheahan played his whole career as a hooker.

He finished with Munster in 2009 after making 163 appearances for the team over 14 years. He played his last game for Munster on 15 May 2009 in the 36-10 Celtic League win over the Ospreys at Thomond Park where the team also received the trophy as 2008–09 Celtic League winners. [1] [2] [3]

Sheahan agreed to join French Top 14 club Brive for the 2009–10 season. He was offered the choice of a two-year deal or a one-year contract with the option of a second season and chose the latter. "I spent the weekend there taking in the Brive–Montauban match, there's a load of ambition," Sheahan said. [4] On 15 May, he picked up an injury during the Celtic League win over the Ospreys and aggravated a chest problem. He had been struggling with the injury for the past four months and on 21 July 2009, he announced his immediate retirement from the game at 32 on the back of expert medical attention. Sheahan now runs the internationally successful Pendulum Summit which attracts the best speakers in the world to Dublin. He has hosted Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, Wim Hof, Lord Sugar, Randi Zuckerberg and more ….. [5] [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Rugby Championship</span> Annual rugby union competition in Europe and South Africa

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in South Africa, and the BKT United Rugby Championship in the competition's other territories, the split branding mirroring the format previously adopted in Super Rugby. The Championship represents the highest level of domestic club or franchise rugby in each of its constituent countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarlets</span> Rugby team based in Llanelli, Wales

The Scarlets are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. The club was originally named the Llanelli Scarlets but was renamed at the start of the 2008–09 rugby season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Munster Rugby</span> Rugby team in Ireland

Munster Rugby is one of the professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU's Munster Branch, which is responsible for rugby union throughout the Irish province of Munster. The team motto is "To the brave and faithful, nothing is impossible." This is derived from the motto of the MacCarthy clan – "Forti et Fideli nihil difficile". Their main home ground is Thomond Park, Limerick, though some games are played at Musgrave Park, Cork.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leinster Rugby</span> Rugby union team in Ireland

Leinster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial club rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Stringer</span> Irish rugby player

Peter Alexander Stringer is an Irish former rugby union player who played at scrum-half. He played 13 seasons with Irish province Munster from 1998 to 2011; he then played seven seasons from 2011 to 2018 in England with various teams — Saracens, Newcastle Falcons, Bath, Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors. Internationally, Stringer represented Ireland and the Barbarians. He announced his retirement from rugby in June 2018.

David Peter Wallace is an Irish retired rugby union player, who played for Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He normally played as an openside flanker, but could also play blindside flanker and number 8.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Bowe</span> Ireland international rugby union player

Thomas John Bowe is an Irish television presenter and former rugby union player from County Monaghan, Ireland. He played on the wing for Ulster, Ospreys, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jerry Flannery</span> Irish rugby union coach

Jeremiah Paul Flannery is an Irish rugby union former player and current coach. During his playing career, Flannery, a hooker, played for Munster and Ireland, before being forced to retire in March 2012 due to injury problems. He joined Munster as a coach before leaving in 2019, and, in 2020, joined English Premiership club Harlequins as their lineout coach.

David Bishop is a former Wales rugby union footballer who played at centre. Bishop primarily played for Ospreys, Sale Sharks, and Jersey.

Denis Fogarty is a former Irish rugby union player who played at hooker for Munster, Aurillac, Agen and Provence. He has also represented Ireland at schoolboy, U21 and 'A' level. He was educated at Rockwell College. In May 2016, Fogarty was forced to retire from rugby after suffering a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

Alan Quinlan is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played for Munster and was registered to All-Ireland League side Shannon. He retired from rugby in May 2011.

Anthony Horgan is a former Irish rugby union player, who played for Cork Constitution, Munster and Ireland. He played the majority of his rugby as a Winger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Murphy (rugby union)</span> Irish rugby union player and referee

Frank Murphy is a former professional rugby union player from Ireland who works as a referee for the Irish Rugby Football Union. He primarily played as a scrum-half. Originally from Cork, Murphy played for his native province of Munster before moving to the English side Leicester Tigers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Sexton</span> Irish rugby union player

Jonathan Jeremiah Sexton is an Irish former professional rugby union player who played as a fly-half and captained the Ireland national team from 2019 until 2023. He also played club rugby for Leinster and French side Racing 92.

Federico Pucciariello is a former Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played at both tighthead and loosehead prop, and played for Munster Rugby up to the end of the 2008–09 season. He previously played for Gloucester Rugby and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Heineken Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith Earls</span> Irish rugby union player

Keith Gerard Earls is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Munster and the Ireland national team. He retired following the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Warwick (rugby union)</span> Rugby player

Paul Warwick is a former Australian rugby union player. He played at fly-half, fullback or centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Coughlan</span> Irish rugby union coach

James Coughlan is a retired Irish rugby union player and current coach. Coughlan played primarily as a number 8 and represented Cork-based amateur club Dolphin in the All-Ireland League, his native province Munster and French club Pau, and, internationally, Ireland Wolfhounds and the Ireland 7s team during his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damien Varley</span> Rugby player

Damien Varley is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Ireland. He played as a hooker. Varley was forced to retire from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury.

The Celtic Cup was a rugby union cup competition featuring regional and provincial teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales that ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. The first edition of the competition was won by Ulster and the second by Munster, both from Ireland. After the Welsh teams agreed to join the English Premiership clubs to form the Anglo-Welsh Cup for the 2005–06 season, the Celtic Cup was discontinued. A separate competition under the same name was inaugurated in 2018 for Welsh and Irish development sides.

References

  1. ↑ "Munster 36-10 Ospreys". BBC Sport . 15 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Munster add five-try glitz to ceremonial occasion". Irish Times. 16 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Across The Gain Line . . . with Colm Kinsella". Limerick Leader. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Sheahan set for move to Brive". Irish Times. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sheahan hangs up his boots". RTÉ. 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Injury threatens Sheahan's Brive move". Setanta Sports. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.