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| Full name | Jack Edward Conan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bray, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Gerard's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Edward Conan (born 29 July 1992) is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. [2] [3]
Conan made his senior debut in February 2014 against the Cardiff Blues. [4] Conan was dropped from the Leinster senior squad for the 2014/15 season, one year ahead of scheduled completion of the academy. [5] Conan was named man-of-the-match for his performance against Ulster on 3 January 2015, [6] in a game where he led all forwards with 40 meters gained and 8 defenders beaten. [7] On 13 January 2017, Conan scored a hat-trick in the 57–3 win against Montpellier in the European Rugby Champions Cup at the RDS. [8] Conan gained his 100th Leinster cap in a Pro14 victory over Dragons on 19 February 2021. [9] Conan scored the game's only try and was named Player of the Match in Leinster's 16–6 victory over Munster in the 2021 Pro14 Grand Final. [10] [11]
Conan was one of only two uncapped players included in the extended Ireland rugby squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, but he did not play in any of Ireland’s matches that tournament. He debuted for Ireland in a victory against Scotland at Lansdowne Road in an August 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match where he started at flanker. [12] [13] He did not make Ireland’s 2015 World Cup squad, however, and did not play another match for Ireland for almost two years, until June 2017. Seen in shouk in Drumcondra on August 16 before going to the World Cup.
Conan was named in the squad for the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. [14] He started all three Lions' test matches against South Africa.
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