Tom Kiernan

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Personal information
Full name	Thomas Joseph Kiernan
Date of birth	January 7, 1939 (1939-01-07) (age 73)
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Relatives	Mike Kiernan (nephew)
Club information
Position(s)	Fullback
Current club	--
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
	Munster
Representative teams
1962-1968 1960-1973	Lions Ireland	5 (35) 59 (193)
Professional clubs coached
1978	Munster
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Thomas Joseph Kiernan (born 7 January 1939) is a former Ireland international rugby union player.^[1] He won 54 caps for Ireland as a full-back between 1960 and 1973 and captained his country 24 times. At the time of his retirement he was Ireland's most-capped player, most experienced captain and record scorer in international with 158 points. He captained the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in all four internationals against South Africa. His nephew, Mike Kiernan, also played for Ireland and the Lions. Tom was also the Munster team coach for their famous victory over the All Blacks in 1978.

[edit] References

Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.

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v t e British and Irish Lions – 1968 South Africa tour

Forwards	Arneil · Coulman · Doyle · Goodall · Horton · Larter · McBride · Millar · O'Shea · Pullin · Stagg · J Taylor · R Taylor · Telfer · Thomas · West · J Young

Backs	Bresnihan · Connell · Davies · Edwards · Gibson · Hiller · Hinshelwood · Jarrett · John · Jones · Kiernan (c) · Raybould · Richards · Savage · Turner · R Young

Coach	Dawson; Manager: David Brooks

v t e British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910	Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} • Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} • 1891: Bill Maclagan • 1896: Johnny Hammond • Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} • Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} • 1903: Mark Morrison • Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} • Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} • 1908: Boxer Harding • 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4} •

To present	Jun-Jul1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} • Aug 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} • Aug-Sep1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} • 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith • 1927: David MacMyn • 1930: Doug Prentice • 1936: Bernard Gadney • 1938: Sam Walker • 1950: Karl Mullen • 1955: Robin Thompson • 1959: Ronnie Dawson • 1962: Arthur Smith • 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton • 1968: Tom Kiernan • 1971: John Dawes • 1974: Willie John McBride • 1977: Phil Bennett • 1980: Bill Beaumont • 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald • 1986: Colin Deans • 1989: Finlay Calder • 1989: Rob Andrew • 1993: Gavin Hastings • 1997: Martin Johnson • 2001: Martin Johnson • May-Jun 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 6} • May 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 6} • Jun 2005: Martin Corry^{Note 6} • Jul 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 6} • 2009: Paul O'Connell •

Notes	Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.