Place of birth Waterford, Ireland Years Club / team Club / team Caps Weight 97 kg | School De La Salle College Years Club / team Height 1.88 m Position Flanker | |
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Date of birth (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 23) Education De La Salle College Waterford Similar Billy Holland, Rory Scannell, Niall Scannell, Darren Sweetnam, Tommy O'Donnell | ||
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Jack O'Donoghue (born 8 January 1994 in Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish rugby union player. He can play either Number 8 or Flanker and is the first Waterford player to represent Munster since Ben Cronin in 1998.
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Early career
He captained Waterpark RFC to a Munster Under-17 title in 2011, a second title at that grade having also won the Munster and All-Ireland titles the previous year. He played for the Munster Under-18 Clubs team in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, captaining the side in the latter season. O'Donoghue also captained the Ireland Under-18 Clubs team in their games against France and England in April 2012.
Munster
O'Donoghue made his debut for Munster on 19 September 2014, coming on as a replacement against Zebre in the Guinness Pro 12. He signed a three-year contract with Munster in January 2015. O'Donoghue made his first start for Munster against Cardiff Blues on 14 February 2015, also scoring his first try for Munster in the 33-16 win. He scored a try in the 25-25 draw with Scarlets on 21 February 2015. O'Donoghue also scored a try in the 22-10 win against Glasgow Warriors on 28 February 2015. He won the 2015 John McCarthy Award for Academy Player of the Year Award in April 2015. O'Donoghue came off the bench during the 2015 Pro12 Grand Final on 30 May 2015.
O'Donoghue started at Openside Flanker for Munster against Treviso on 5 September 2015. He made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut on 14 November 2015, starting the opening 2015–16 pool game against Treviso. On 16 March 2017, it was announced that O'Donoghue had signed a two-year contract extension with Munster.
Ireland
O'Donoghue captained Ireland Under-20 in their opening game of the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship against France Under-20 on 2 June 2014.
On 7 March 2016, O'Donoghue was added to Ireland's squad for the final two rounds of the 2016 Six Nations Championship, his first senior international call-up. On 7 November 2016, O'Donoghue was added to the senior Ireland squad for the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals. On 12 November 2016, O'Donoghue made his senior Ireland debut when he started in the 52-21 win against Canada.