Daniel Riordan (rugby union)

Daniel Riordan

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Riordan
Date of birth	25 September 1984 (1984-09-25) (age 27)
Place of birth	Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	14 st 5 lbs (91 kg)
Nickname(s)	Captain Dan / Lieutenant Dan / D Money
University(s)	National University of Ireland, Galway
Club information
Position(s)	Full-back / Centre / Wing
Current club	Old Belvedere
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Galway Corinthians RFC Connacht Academy
Youth representative teams
	Ireland U-21
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2007-2009 2005-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011	Galway Corinthians RFC Buccaneers RFC Connacht Rugby Munster Rugby Leinster Rugby	47 (75)
Representative teams
	Ireland A
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Daniel Riordan born 25 September 1984 in Galway, Connacht, Ireland is a rugby union player for Old Belvedere in the All-Ireland League.

Rugby career

On leaving Colaiste Iognaid school in Galway, Danny continued to play for Galway Corinthians RFC and entered the Connacht Rugby Academy.

Upon receiving a full contract with Connacht, Danny then played his club rugby for Buccaneers RFC in Athlone. He recently played club rugby for is also contracted to UL Bohemians R.F.C. in Limerick, who play in AIB League Division 2. But for season 2010-2011 Danny moved to Dublin and now plays for Old Belvedere RFC, and has been called into the Leinster Rugby squad for their Magners League fixture against Scarlets on 04/03/2011.^[1]

Daniel Riordan's position of choice is as a Full-back and he can also operate as a Centre or on the Wing.

A former U-21 International, Riordan was called into the Ireland A side that was defeated by England Saxons on 1 February 2008.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/matchcentre/7723.php Leinster V Scarlets - Magner League 2010-11
2. ^ "Varndell shines in Saxons victory". BBC. 2008-02-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/7217616.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
3. ^ "Ireland 'A' Go Down Fighting Against Saxons". IrishRugby.ie. 2008-02-01. Archived from the original on 2008-02-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080204200724/http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_10891.php. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 

External links

• Connacht profile
• Munster Rugby Profile
• Munster Rugby Match Report (v Ulster 25-09-2009)
• Old Belvedere Profile

Persondata
Name	Riordan, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 September 1984
Place of birth	Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death