Ronan Kearney

Ronan Kearney

Full name	Ronan Kieran Kearney
Born	(1957-05-03) 3 May 1957 (age 69) Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Rugby union career
Position Flanker / No. 8 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1982–86 Ireland 4 (0)

Ronan Kieran Kearney (born 5 March 1957) is an Irish former international rugby union player.

A farmer from County Kilkenny, Kearney played his rugby with Kilkenny RFC, Wanderers and Leinster. ^{[1] [2]}

Kearney won four Ireland caps as a back-rower during the 1980s. His debut came as an injury replacement for Willie Duggan, another Kilkenny product, in Ireland's final 1982 Five Nations fixture against France in Paris. ^[3] He played against the Wallabies at Lansdowne Road in 1984 and featured twice in the 1986 Five Nations. ^[4]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players

References

1. "A proud tradition carved in Marble". Irish Independent . 17 January 2009.
2. "Reserve Ronan relishes recall". Sunday Tribune . 12 January 1986.
3. "Duggan blow for the Irish". Daily Mirror . 20 March 1982.
4. "Rugby union". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph . 6 January 1986.

External links

• Ronan Kearney at ESPNscrum (archived)