| Born | Ross Doneghan 8 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stirling University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Mike Doneghan, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross Doneghan (born 8 October 1988) is a Scottish rugby union coach now with Harlequins and Ealing Trailfinders. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors, London Scottish, Ayr, Stewart's Melville and Border Bulldogs. [1]
Doneghan started playing mini rugby in Linlithgow with the wee reds. He continued his rugby at Stewart's Melville College. [2]
He was part of the Stewart's Melville team that won the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup of 2006. [2]
From Stewart's Melville he moved to the Rugby Legends Academy in South Africa, run by former Scotland and South Africa international player John Allan. [2]
While with Glasgow Warriors, he played with Ayr from 2011. [2] During this time at Ayr he converted from a Flanker to a Hooker. [3]
He played for Darlington Mowden Park from 2013–14, who at the time played in National League 2 North. That season the Darlington side won promotion to National League 1 for the 2014-15 season. [4] Doneghan played at Hooker for the Darlington side. [5]
In South Africa, Doneghan played for the Border Bulldogs in season 2009-10. [2] [4] He switched between Lock and Flanker for the South African side. [6]
He moved to England to play with the Rotherham Titans in the RFU Championship in the 2010-11 season. [2] [4]
He became part of Glasgow Warriors set-up as a back-up player in the 2011-12 season. [2] He played one match for the Warriors in that season; turning out for the Glasgow club in a pre-season friendly against Newcastle Falcons. [7] The Warriors won the match 17 - 7. [8]
After a successful season with Darlington, Doneghan was signed by London Scottish for 2014-15. [4] His brother Mike Doneghan was playing with Scottish at the time. [3]
During his time with London Scottish Doneghan migrated to a coaching role. He remained a coach there until 2017. [4]
Doneghan also began coaching with Serge Betsen Rugby for the 2015-16 season. [4]
He became a Community rugby coach for Harlequins in 2015, and was their Schools co-ordinator from 2017 to 2018. [4]
From 2018 to 2019, he was Head of Community coaching for Ealing Trailfinders. [4] [1]
Since 2019, he has been Head of Rugby at Latymer Upper School. [9]
He was also the Head coach at Haringey Rhino Ladies, where they finished the 2019/2020 season undefeated and top of the league, moving up for the coming season. Ross coined the phrase on the team #teamtobeat.
He joined Richmond FC in 2021 as the women’s forwards coach.