Rob Kearney

Infobox Rugby Union biography
playername = Rob Kearney


fullname = Robert Kearney
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|3|26
cityofbirth = Dundalk [Gerry Thornley, Kearney relieved to 'finally make it', "The Irish Times", 01/06/07] , County Louth
countryofbirth = Ireland
height = height|ft=6|in=1
weight = 14 st 13 lbs (95 kg)
nickname =
school = Clongowes Wood College
university = University College Dublin
relatives =
position = Wing / Full-back
currentclub = UCD
clubnumber = 11
youthyears = 200x
2005-20xx
youthclubs = Louth GAA "(gaelic football)"
Cooley Kickhams
years = 200x-20xx
clubs = UCD
caps(points)=
repyears =
2004
2005
2005-200x
2004
2005
2005-200x
2007
repteam = Leinster
Leinsters Schoolboys
Leinster U-19s
Leinster
Ireland
Ireland Schoolboys
Ireland U-19s
Ireland A
Ireland
repcaps(points) =
5 (xx)
1 (xx)
62 (76)
11 (xx)
7 (xx)
5 (13)
8 (10)
pcupdate =
repupdate =

Robert Kearney (born March 26 1986), also referred to as Rob 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 [Ibid.] .

Playing career

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. [ [http://www.ucdrugby.com/Senior_Squad/Default.1188.html UCD Profile] ] .

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 [ [http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/members/index.asp?locID=37&docID=479 Leinster Profile] ]

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 Championshipcite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/7189325.stm|title=Healy and Sexton in Ireland squad|publisher=BBC|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2008-02-03] cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/10735_10850.php|title=Ireland Team Announcement|publisher=IrishRugby.ie|date=2008-01-29|accessdate=2008-02-03] . 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 cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/7189325.stm|title=Healy and Sexton in Ireland squad|publisher=BBC|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2008-02-03] cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/10735_10850.php|title=Ireland Team Announcement|publisher=IrishRugby.ie|date=2008-01-29|accessdate=2008-02-03] [ [http://www.irishrugby.ie/226_773.php Irish Rugby] ] .

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