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Conor O'Shea Full name Conor Michael Patrick O'Shea Date of birth 21 October 1970 Place of birth County Limerick Height 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) Weight 101 kilograms (15 st 13 lb) Rugby union career Playing career Position Fullback Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points)
1995–2000Leinster
London IrishNational team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1993–2000 
Ireland35 (44) Coaching career Years Club / team
2010–London Irish
HarlequinsRugby union career Conor Michael Patrick O'Shea (Irish: Conor Mícheál Pádraig Ó Sé) (born 21 October 1970, County Limerick)[1] is a former rugby union player who played at full back for Ireland, Lansdowne R.F.C. and London Irish. He is Director of Rugby at Harlequins F.C..
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Early life and education
O'Shea went to Terenure College in Dublin, which is one of the main rugby nurseries in Ireland. He was coached by the respected John McClean. He attended University College Dublin where he began his representative career. O'Shea received his Master's of Sports Science degree in Sports Management in 1996 from the United States Sports Academy, known around the world as America's Sports University. His father, Jerome, was a famous exponent of Gaelic football in the 1950s and won the All-Ireland Championship with Kerry in 1953, 1955 and 1959.
Rugby career
O'Shea won the inter-provincial championship in Ireland with Leinster and the Leinster Senior Cup with Lansdowne R.F.C..
An ankle injury sustained while playing for London Irish against Gloucester R.F.C. in November 2000 curtailed a very promising career which included 35 international caps for Ireland scoring 44 points, including six tries.
O'Shea served London Irish as player, captain, Director of Rugby and finally Managing Director. He joined London Irish in 1995 and made 127 first team appearances for the club scoring 412 points including 62 tries.
In 1999 he was awarded the Zurich Players’ Player of the Season Award. He then won the Zurich Rugby Director of the Season Award (jointly with Brendan Venter in 2002 after London Irish won the Powergen Cup against Northampton Saints.
O'Shea left London Irish in 2005 to take up an appointment with the Rugby Football Union as Director of Regional Academies. His job was to oversee the network of 14 England regional academies and lead the selection and monitoring of players capable of developing into future England internationals. In 2008 he left his position with the RFU to take up a role with the English Institute of Sport as National Director.[2]
In 2007 O'Shea was called upon by the RFU to give a talk to the England squad before playing Ireland for the first time at Croke Park to acquaint the players with the sporting and political history of the ground.
O'Shea also works as a television analyst on RTÉ in Ireland.
On 16 December 2009, Harlequins announced that O'Shea would become their new Director of Rugby.[3] He started his new position on 15 March 2010.[4]
References
- ^ Conor O'Shea player profile Scrum.com statistics
- ^ Conor O'Shea named as new EIS national director UK Sport – 19 March 2008
- ^ Butler, Sarah (16 December 2009). "Harlequins announce new Director of Rugby". quins.co.uk. http://www.union.quins.co.uk/news/10926.php. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ Butler, Sarah (9 March 2010). "Conor O'Shea start date". quins.co.uk. http://www.union.quins.co.uk/11340.php. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
External links
- Interview with Conor O'Shea
- Lansdowne RFC Hall of Fame
- Sporting Heroes part 1 1993–1997
- Sporting Heroes part 2 1998–2000
- United States Sports Academy
Ireland squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup Forwards Backs Coach MurphyIreland squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup Forwards Backs Coach Categories:- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Living people
- London Irish players
- 1970 births
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