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Nicky Barry

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Nicky Barry
Full nameNicholas Michael Peter Barry
Date of birth (1969-01-05) 5 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birthLimerick, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991 Ireland 1 (0)

Nicholas Michael Peter Barry (born 5 January 1969) is an Irish former rugby union international.[1]

Born in Limerick, Barry was a highly rated schoolboy player who won a Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup with Crescent College in 1986. He started his senior career with Garryowen.[2]

Barry, usually a fly-half, toured France with Ireland as a 19 year old in 1988. He gained his only Irish cap in 1991, coming on as a substitute against Namibia in Windhoek.[3]

At provincial level, Barry started out with Munster, then played for Leinster after he joined St Mary's College, before declaring for Connacht in 1996, having linked up with Clontarf.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "The best Munster team never to play for Ireland". Irish Independent. 18 November 2008.
  2. ^ "No respite as Ireland face further defeats". The Daily Telegraph. 10 May 1988.
  3. ^ "The greatest XV of players who've played for both Leinster and Munster". Extra.ie. 26 December 2022.
  4. ^ van Esbeck, Edmund (23 August 1996). "New recruits for Connacht". The Irish Times.
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