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Birth name | Nicholas John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 August 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Claires Court School British School of Brussels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Portsmouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Kennedy (born 19 August 1981) is a retired English rugby union player and former Director of Rugby at London Irish. He played Lock for England, London Irish, Toulon and Harlequins.
His uncle Duncan Kennedy is a BBC news correspondent.
Kennedy represented England Saxons at the 2006 Churchill Cup [2] and 2007 Churchill Cup. [3]
He was called into the England Saxons side that defeated Ireland A on 1 February 2008. [4] [5]
Kennedy was selected for the 2008 summer tour of New Zealand. [6] He was later picked for Martin Johnson's Elite Player Squad on 1 June 2008 ahead of Ben Kay. [7] He started his first game against the Pacific Islanders in which he scored a try. [8]
Kennedy participated in every game of the 2009 Six Nations. [9]
In 2012 Kennedy was signed for Toulon for the upcoming 2012/13 season [10] In May 2013 he started as Toulon won the 2013 Heineken Cup Final by 16–15 against Clermont Auvergne. [11] Following his request to be released from Toulon, he returned to England to sign for Harlequins for 2013/14 season. [12]
After just one season at Harlequins, Kennedy announced his retirement from playing in May 2014 in order to pursue a coaching career after he was appointed academy director at former club London Irish. [13] On 1 July 2016 he was announced as the new Director of Rugby in a new coaching setup following the departure of Tom Coventry. [14] He left his role on 22 March 2018 shortly after the appointment of Declan Kidney as technical consultant and Les Kiss as head coach. [15]
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