| Date of birth | 20 August 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb; 8 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Nicole Cronin (born 20 August 1992 Limerick) is an Irish rugby union player She plays for UL Bohemian RFC, and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. [1] [2] In 2022, she was named Munster Rugby Player of the Year. [3]
She played soccer, in the European U19 Qualifiers, but changed to rugby. [4]
She competed at the 2022 Women's Six Nations, [3] and 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship. [5]
She played for Richmond RFC, and Shannon RFC. She plays for UL Bohemian RFC, and was named captain of Munster Rugby. [6]
Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch. The club is one of the top amateur sides in Ireland has seen many of its players progress to professional and international rugby. The 1st XV plays in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. While the women's side compete in Division 1 of the Munster League. Shannon RFC fields underage teams for boys and girls from u6s - u20s. Shannon RFC made history in 2017 as being the first club in the country to field a girls u20s side.
Denis Patrick Leamy is an Irish former rugby union player who is currently part of the coaching team with Munster. He was a back-row forward who could play either flanker or at number 8, and occasionally played at centre. He ended his club rugby career for Munster in the Pro12 and Heineken Cup, and internationally for Ireland. He officially announced his retirement in May 2012 due to a long-standing hip injury.
Niamh Briggs is a former Ireland women's rugby union international. She represented Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups. She was also a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2013 and 2015 Women's Six Nations Championships. Briggs was a member of the first Ireland teams to defeat France, England and New Zealand. She was captain of the Ireland team when they won the 2015 Six Nations title and was the top points scorer during both the 2013 and 2015 Six Nations championships. Briggs is also an Ireland women's rugby sevens international and has also played senior ladies' Gaelic football for Waterford. Briggs is a Garda Síochána officer based in Limerick.
Fiona Coghlan is a former Ireland women's rugby union international. Coghlan represented Ireland at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also captained the Ireland team that won the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. In 2013 Coghlan was named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year after captaining Ireland to their first ever Six Nations, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles. Coghlan was a member of the first Ireland teams to defeat France, England and New Zealand. She was the Ireland captain on the latter two occasions. In addition to captaining Ireland, Coghlan also captained her club team, UL Bohemians, her provincial team, Leinster and was captain of the first ever Barbarians women's team.
Jack O'Donoghue is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays primarily as a number 8, but has also played as a flanker and represents UL Bohemians in the All-Ireland League. O'Donoghue is the first Waterford player to represent Munster since Ben Cronin in 1998.
Fiona Hayes is an Irish former rugby union player. She was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2013 and 2015 Women's Six Nations Championships, and that defeated New Zealand at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. Hayes has also played association football at intervarsity and intermediate level.
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Siwan Lillicrap is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a lock or number 8 for Gloucester-Hartpury and the Wales national team. Lillicrap made her debut for Wales in 2016, and captained the team at the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Ciara Griffin is an Irish rugby union player from Ballymacelligott, Co Kerry. She plays flanker for UL Bohemians and Munster and has captained Ireland since 2018, including the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. She works as a primary school teacher.
Eimear Considine is an Irish rugby player from Kilmihil, County Clare. She plays for UL Bohemians and Munster and has played at full-back and wing for Ireland women's rugby union team since 2017. She works as a secondary school teacher.
Enya Breen is an Irish rugby union player from Skibbereen, County Cork. She plays for UL Bohemians, Munster and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. She is physiotherapy student.
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Ailsa Hughes is an Irish rugby player from Tullamore. She plays, at scrum-half, for Railway Union and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.
Anna Caplice is an Irish rugby player from Mallow, Co Cork. She plays in the back row for English club Harlequins, Munster Rugby and the Ireland women's national rugby union team. She is a qualified language teacher and rugby coach.
Laura Sheehan is an Irish rugby player from Urhan in West Cork. She plays for Exeter Chiefs, Munster and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.
Chloe Pearse is an Irish rugby player from Limerick. She plays for UL Bohemians, Munster Rugby and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.
Brittany Hogan is an Irish rugby player from Killinchy, Co Down. She plays for Old Belvedere, Ulster, the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team. She graduated from DCU with a First class honours in sports science and health in February 2022.
Niamh Kavanagh is an Irish rugby union player.
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