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2009 Ireland Rugby Union Tour Of North America
Ireland toured North America in May 2009, playing a Test match against Canada and the United States. Ireland won both matches, despite most of their first string players away on the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa. Matches Touring party Ireland named their 25-man tour squad on 17 May 2009, which included 13 previously uncapped players. * Manager: Declan Kidney * Captain: Rory Best See also * History of rugby union matches between Ireland and United States * 2009 mid year rugby union tests References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland 2009 2009 in American rugby union 2009 in Canadian rugby union tour Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ... 2009 rugby union tours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Kidney
Declan Kidney (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team from 2008 to 2013, where he won the 2009 Six Nations with a Grand Slam, winning the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year award. He was also the head coach at Munster, leading them to four Heineken Cup finals, winning twice in 2006 and 2008. He is currently Director of Rugby at London Irish. Early life Kidney was born in Bishopstown, County Cork. He played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC. He studied to become an accounting and mathematics teacher, in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later became the career guidance officer. He took on the role of rugby coach at the school, where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side. Coaching career Youth and professional Following his coaching of the Irish Schools team, Kidney coached the Ireland under 19s team which won the FIRA World Cup in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby (WR) in 1886. It promotes and runs the sport, organises international matches for the England national rugby union team, England national team, and educates and trains players and officials. The RFU is an industrial and provident society owned by over 2,000 member clubs, representing over 2.5 million registered players, and forms the largest rugby union society in the world, and one of the largest sports organisations in England. It is based at Twickenham Stadium, London. In September 2010 the equivalent women's rugby body, the Rugby Football Union for Women (RFUW), was able to nominate a member to the RFU Council to represent women and girls rugby. The RFUW was integrated into the RFU in July 2012. Early history (19th century) For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Tkachuk
Kevin Tkachuk (born September 11, 1976 in Thompson, Manitoba) is a former prop for the Canada national rugby union team and the Glasgow Warriors in Scotland. After completing his studies at Kellogg College, Oxford University,Sport at oxford '' Oxford University'', Retrieved 2 March 2009 he played rugby for numerous clubs, joining Glasgow in 2004. He has earned 34 caps for Canada including 5 as captain. He is 1.8m tall and weighs 115 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Riordan
Pat Riordan (born 30 September 1979 in London, Canada) is a Canada rugby union player. He played club rugby for Burnaby Lake, and for the Canada national side, having also played at Pontypridd. Since making his international debut on June 14, 2003 in a match against England Saxons England A is England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England Saxons. England A play a key role in the development of emer ..., he has made 43 appearances for his country, including appearing in all of Canada's matches in the 2007 World Cup. Riordan captained the Canadian National Senior Men's Team from 2008 to 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Riordan, Pat 1979 births Canadian rugby union players Pontypridd RFC players Rugby union hookers Living people Canada international rugby union players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Canadian expatriate rugby union pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Franklin (rugby Union)
Scott Franklin (born 23 August 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), is a Canadian Professional rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop/Flanker/#8. Career Before going into professional rugby, Franklin went to the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Saskatchewan where he played football, hockey and rugby. He has represented Canada in U-17, U-19 and U-23. He played club rugby with University of Victoria, Campion Grads, Regina Rogues & Castaway Wanderers RFC in British Columbia, before turning pro and moving to CA Brive in France in 2007. Franklin then spent two seasons with the Cornish Pirates from 2008-2010. He has 17 caps for the Canadian national team, the first one against the United States in June 2007. Franklin was part of Canada's squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup & the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Scott Franklin has recently been selected as part of the "Canada Selects" team tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Hotson
Tyler Hotson (born 30 May 1985, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays at lock. Hotson currently plays his rugby with Doncaster Knights in the Aviva Championship. He previously played for the Canadian club UBC Old Boys Ravens and Australian club Northern Suburb. He has been part of the Canadian national team since his debut at the 2008 Churchill Cup in a 26-10 victory over the United States. Hotson represented Canada at the 2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotson, Tyler 1985 births Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Living people Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players Rugby union players from Vancouver University of British Columbia alumni Canada international rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Burak
Michael Burak (born October 9, 1980 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian former international rugby union footballer. He won 29 caps for Canada between 2004 and 2009. Early career Originally a standout basketball player at Lord Byng Secondary School in Vancouver, Burak played for two seasons at the University of British Columbia. After being cut from the men's varsity basketball squad in the 2000-2001 preseason, Burak switched to the UBC men's varsity rugby program, under head coach Spence McTavish. McTavish had coached Burak for the Lord Byng rugby team. Burak quickly became a regular for the varsity XV, despite not having played rugby since his high school days. In 2002-03, Burak was part of a powerful UBC XV that went undefeated in league play on the way to the provincial first division title. The team also featured future Canadian internationals Chris Pack, Ryan McWhinney and Eric Wilson. Travel to Australia and professional rugby After graduation in 2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauncey O'Toole
Chauncey O'Toole (born 22 February 1986 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian former rugby union player. O'Toole played any position across the back-row but his preferred position was at openside flanker. O'Toole made his debut for the Canadian national men's team against Ireland on 23 May 2009. Chauncey O'Toole was raised in Belleisle, New-Brunswick. He attended Belleisle Regional High School, where he played rugby for the school team. Chauncey O'Toole has previously played for the Belleisle Rovers, Castaway Wanderers RFC, RGC 1404 in North Wales, and the Rock of the Canadian Rugby Championship. In September 2010, O'Toole signed a short-term contract with the Glasgow Warriors as cover at a time when the club was plagued with injury. He was let go just a month later having played only one game for the Scottish side. On 8 July 2011, Rugby Canada released its 30-man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup which included O'Toole as one of four flankers selected. O'Toole j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Kleeberger
Adam Kleeberger (born 2 March 1984) is a Canadian rugby union player. Previously, Kleeberger had played for Canadian clubs University of Victoria and Bayside as well as Rotherham Titans of the RFU Championship. In 2010 he joined Auckland in the ITM Cup. Kleeberger played two matches with Auckland before an injury forced him to return to Canada to join the University of Victoria of the British Columbia Premier League. Adam made his Canadian national team debut against France in 2005. On July 8, 2011 it was announced that Kleeberger will represent Canada at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In Canada's opening game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup against Tonga, Kleeberger started at blindside flanker and played the full 80 minutes making 24 tackles along the way. Kleeberger was awarded Man of the Match honours for his efforts in the 25-20 victory. Adam Kleeberger was known for having had an epic beard during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which was inspired by the substantial growth of fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Carpenter (rugby Union)
Aaron Carpenter (born 9 January 1983) is a retired Canadian rugby union player. Carpenter has represented Canada at three Rugby World Cups, in 2007, 2011 and 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri .... Carpenter became the international cap leader for Canada on June 17, 2017 with a record 77 caps. After announcing his retirement from rugby in January 2018 he took up a role coaching with the Toronto Arrows. References External links Rugby Canada: RWC 2007 Player ProfilesRugby Canada: Carpenter From Back to Front {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Aaron 1983 births Living people Canadian rugby union coaches Canadian rugby union players McMaster University alumni Rugby football people from Ontario Sportspeople from Brantford Canada international rugby union playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Fairhurst
Edward Fairhurst (born May 7, 1979, in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Portfolio Manager and Financial Planner with RBC Dominion Securities and a former Canadian international rugby union player. Fairhurst played primarily as a scrum half throughout his career making his debut for the Canada national team in May 2001. He was subsequently selected to the national squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. in New Zealand. From 2001 - 2005 Fairhurst was a member of the national Seven-a-Side rugby team competing in 15 tournaments on the IRB Seven's World Series. In 2005 he was selected to the 2005 Seven-a-Side Rugby World Cup in Hong Kong. In 2006 Fairhurst signed with the Cardiff Blues from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. He would play a year at Cardiff before moving to the south-west of England to play for the Cornish Pirates for the 2007–08 and 2008-09 seasons. In 2009, Fairhurst joined RBC Domini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
