Rob Kearney
| Full name | Robert 'Chili con' Kearney | ||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 13 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
| School | Clongowes Wood College | ||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||
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Robert Kearney (born March 26 1986), also referred to as Bobby Kearney, is an Irish rugby union footballer who currently plays for UCD, Leinster and Ireland. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship [2]. And even though he is young, he is already being compared to recent greats of Irish rugby such as Brian O'Driscoll and Girvan Dempsey.
Secondary Education
Robert Kearney attended Clongowes Wood College in Co. Kildare for his secondary education. He then went on from his Leaving Certificate to attend University College Dublin.
UCD
Kearney attended University College Dublin where he studied Arts and played for the rugby team. In 2005 he helped the U-20s team win the McCorry Cup, beating Trinity College in the final. [3].
Leinster
Kearney played for Leinster at both schoolboy and U-19 level before going onto represent them as a senior. He scored a hat-trick of tries on his debut for Leinster in the pre-season friendly win over Parma. He then made his Celtic League debut for Leinster in 2005 in a 22-20 defeat away to the Ospreys. He would go on to make 32 appearances in the competition, scoring 8 tries, with 3 penalties during a period in September 2006, when usual place kicker, Felipe Contepomi was injured. Kearney then played in his first Heineken Cup game in a 19-22 defeat against Bath at the RDS later that same season. It was the first of 10 appearances scoring 4 tries in the process [4]
Ireland
Kearney represented Ireland at schoolboy, U-19 and A level before he was called up to the senior squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship[5] [6]. He was first called into the Irish training squad for 2005's autumn internationals and toured with Ireland A in the summer and played in the Churchill Cup. In April 2007, he was named in the Irish squad to tour Argentina in the summer. During the 2008 Six Nations Championship he scored 2 tries, one against Scotland and one against England [5] [6][7].
References
- ^ Gerry Thornley, Kearney relieved to 'finally make it', The Irish Times, 01/06/07
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ UCD Profile
- ^ Leinster Profile
- ^ a b "Healy and Sexton in Ireland squad". BBC. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ a b "Ireland Team Announcement". IrishRugby.ie. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ^ Irish Rugby
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from County Louth
- Gaelic footballers who switched code
- Louth Gaelic footballers
- University College Dublin R.F.C. players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Irish rugby union footballers
- Irish rugby union international footballers
- Irish rugby union schoolboy international footballers
- Rugby union wings