Damien Varley

Damien Varley

Full name	Damien Varley
Date of birth	29 October 1983 (1983-10-29) (age 28)
Place of birth	Ireland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	107 kg
School	St.Munchin’s
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–present	Munster Wasps Munster	9 2 49	(0) (5) (20)
correct as of 20 Nov 2011.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010-present	Ireland	2	(0)
correct as of 29 Nov 2010.

Damien Varley born 29 October 1983 in Ireland is a rugby union player for Munster. He plays as a Hooker. Varley was educated in St. Munchin's College in Limerick where he scored two tries as Munchin's won the Munster Schools Senior Cup final in 2002. He studied at the University of Limerick. Varley joined the Ireland squad for the 2010 Summer Tour as cover for Jerry Flannery, and was selected for the New Zealand Barbarians for their match against New Zealand Maori, after the IRFU agreed to release two players for the fixture, but had to withdraw from the squad due to a back injury. He came on as a substitute for Ireland against the Maori a week later, and was named on the bench for Ireland's game against Australia, coming on to win his first cap in the last few minutes. He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2010 Autumn Tests, and came on against Argentina. He is regarded by many as an up and coming talent and is much loved by the ever faithful Munster supporters. He has played for Ireland Wolfhounds. He currently has 2 caps, against Australia and Argentina. He was selected in Ireland's training squad for the 2011 World Cup warm-ups in August, but was left out of the final squad. However, during training at the World Cup, Jerry Flannery suffered an injury and Varley was called up to replace him in the squad.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery out of World Cup". BBC Sport. 14 September 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/14917076.stm. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 

External links

• Munster profile
• IRFU profile
• ESPNscrum profile

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Name	Varley, Damien
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Date of birth	29 October 1983
Place of birth	Ireland
Date of death
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