Name Rory Best Spouse Jodie Bell (m. 2009) Role Rugby player Current team Ulster Rugby | Height 1.8 m Siblings Simon Best Weight 110 kg | |
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Ireland captain Rory Best’s honourable year
Rory David Best (born 15 August 1982) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays hooker for Ulster and is registered for Banbridge RFC.
Contents
- Ireland captain Rory Bests honourable year
- Irish rugby tv rory best previews ireland v argentina
- Early life
- Career
- International
- Honours
- Ulster
- Ireland
- Personal life
- References
Irish rugby tv rory best previews ireland v argentina
Early life
Best was raised in Poyntzpass, County Armagh. He was educated at Tandragee Junior High School, Portadown College. He then studied Agriculture at Newcastle University where he played with the Newcastle Falcons academy.
Career
Best returned home to join Belfast Harlequins in 2002 where he captained the team and gained his first Ulster contract in 2004. He made his debut for Ulster as a replacement at home to Munster in the 2005 Celtic League. He replaced his brother (now retired Ireland and Ulster prop Simon) as Ulster captain for the 2007/08 season and continues to hold the position. He is renowned for his abilities as a scrummager. Best missed the entire 2009/10 season due to surgery on a chronic disc problem. Best scored two tries in 2011/12 and 2010/11 for Ulster. He was part of the Ulster side that was defeated in The Heineken Cup final in 2012.
Rory Best has made 198 appearances for Ulster not 230 as stated in the sidebar
International
Best made his international debut for Ireland as a replacement against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road in November 2005 and made his first start against the Springboks in 2006. He has been involved with the national team ever since, initially sharing the number 2 shirt with Jerry Flannery. He was a member of the Irish teams that won the 2007 Triple Crown and was in the Irish Squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup as well as the 2009 Six Nations Championship which completed the Grand Slam.
He captained the Ireland team that toured North America in 2009, while many of his Ireland teammates were on the British and Irish Lions team that began their tour of South Africa at the same time. He became the undisputed first-choice Hooker at the 2011 Rugby World Cup after an injury to Jerry Flannery. He was chosen to captain Ireland during the 2012 Six Nations Championship after Paul O'Connell was injured.
Best was added to the British and Irish Lions squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia on 26 May after English Hooker Dylan Hartley was removed from the squad after receiving a red card in the Aviva Premiership final for abuse of an official on 25 May 2013.
In January 2016, Best was named as the new Ireland captain for the 2016 Six Nations Championship. On November 26, 2016, Best became Ireland's 5th centurion, gaining his 100th cap in a test match vs Australia in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
Honours
Best was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to rugby.
Ulster
Ireland
Personal life
Best was raised on the family farm near Poyntzpass, County Armagh, and was married in Richhill in the summer of 2009 to Jodie Bell, a schoolteacher. They have one child.