Full name Robert Kearney Role Rugby union player Place of birth Dundalk, Ireland Height 1.83 m | School Clongowes Wood College Nationality Irish Name Rob Kearney | |
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Date of birth (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 29) Weight 95.01 kilograms (14 st 13.5 lb) Relatives David Kearney (brother) Siblings Dave Kearney, Sara Kearney, Richard Kearney Parents Siobhan Kearney, David Kearney Education Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin Similar People Dave Kearney, Jamie Heaslip, Joe Schmidt, Susie Amy, Mike Phillips Profiles | ||
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Robert Kearney (born 26 March 1986), also referred to as Rob Kearney, is an Irish rugby union rugby player 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.
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- Rob kearney highlights ireland rugby hd
- Rob kearney tribute leinster and ireland rugby player
- Early life
- Education
- UCD
- Leinster
- Ireland
- British and Irish Lions
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Born and raised in the Cooley Peninsula, Kearney, like many of his peers, got involved in athletics at an early age. The dominant sport in the area is Gaelic football. As a youth, Kearney played Gaelic for Naomh Mhuire, and in the Cooley Kickhams underage setup, before graduating to the Cooley senior football team at the relatively young age of 16. He played for Cooley in the Louth Senior Football Championship final in 2004.
Education
Kearney attended Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare for his secondary education. After his Leaving Certificate he moved to University College Dublin, where he studied Arts. He graduated in April 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
UCD
Kearney attended University College Dublin where he played for the rugby team. In 2005 he helped the U-20s team win the McCorry Cup, beating Dublin University Football Club in the final.
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 a pre-season friendly win over Parma.
He made his Celtic League debut for Leinster in 2005 in a 22–20 defeat away to the Ospreys. He made 32 appearances in the competition, scoring eight tries, with three penalties during a period in September 2006, when usual place kicker, Felipe Contepomi was injured. Kearney 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 ten tries in the process. He was part of Leinster's Heineken Cup winning team in 2009 but missed the 2011 final due to injury. On 21 May 2012, the day after Leinster won their second straight Heineken Cup he was announced as the ERC Player of the Year for 2012. During the 2011–12 campaign he started all nine European matches scoring six tries.
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 Championship.
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 2006, he was named in the Irish squad to tour Argentina in the summer and earned his first cap on 2 June 2006. During the 2008 Six Nations Championship he scored two tries, one against Scotland and one against England. He was a member of the victorious Ireland team that won the 2009 Six Nations Championship, Triple Crown and Grand Slam. One of the most famous incidents in Kearney's career was a high tackle incident involving Italy's Andrea Masi in the first minute of a game. The incident was taken as an indication of the danger posed by Kearney in attack. In the 2011 Rugby world cup Kearney was selected but was injured for the first game against the United States; however, he played in all the other matches which took Ireland through to the quarter-final. In the quarter-finals though Ireland were knocked out by Wales 22–10.
Kearney was selected in the Ireland squad for the 2012 Six Nations Championship and named in the starting team to play Wales in the opening match. He played in all the other games in which Ireland finished 3rd on the table in the Six nations 2012.
British and Irish Lions
On 21 April 2009, Kearney was named in the British and Irish Lions squad for the 2009 tour to South Africa. He made his Lions test debut as a substitute in the 26–21 First Test defeat in Durban. Due to an injury to Lee Byrne, Kearney was selected again for the second test in Pretoria. He scored the only try for the Lions, however they lost 28–25. He then played in the final test in Johannesburg which the Lions won 28–9. On 30 April 2013, Kearney was named to his second British and Irish Lions squad.
Personal life
Kearney is the second oldest out of the four Kearney children. He has an older brother Richard, a younger brother Dave and, the youngest of the four children, a sister Sara. His brother Dave also plays for Leinster.
In February 2015 he was announced as the newest brand ambassador for Newbridge Silverware .