Caelan Doris (born 2 April 1998) is an Irish

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player for URC and

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side

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. He plays as a number 8 or flanker.

Early life and education

Doris was born in Lacken,

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parents, his father Chris was a centre and also attended Blackrock College, final year 1980. His first involvement with rugby was with Ballina. He attended boarding school from the age of 12 onwards at

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in Dublin, where he was a member of the victorious

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team in 2014 as well as captaining the 2016 side. Doris currently studies psychology at

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Rugby playing career

Leinster

After leaving school in 2016, Doris spent a year in the

sub-academy before entering the academy in summer 2017. After a series of strong performances captaining the Ireland Under-20s, Doris was promoted two years early to Leinster's senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season, after just one year in the academy, and having made his senior debut the previous season.

Ireland

Doris played for Ireland Under-20s in both 2017 and 2018, captaining them in the

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. Despite a poor campaign from Ireland, he was one of the standout players of the tournament. He has 14 Ireland under-20 caps despite being injured for the entire 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship. Doris received his first call up to the senior

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squad for the

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, and made his debut when he started at number 8 in Ireland's opening fixture against

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on 1 February 2020, though a concussion meant that his debut lasted only four minutes. Doris missed the 2021 Six Nations and returned to play for Ireland in the summer and autumn internationals playing a starring role in Ireland wins against Japan, New Zealand and Argentina. Doris also scored his first tries for Ireland in the matches against New Zealand and Argentina.

International tries

''As of 3 June 2022''

Honours

;Individual *

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Young Player of the Year: 1 (

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) * Autumn Nations Series Player of the Series: 1 (

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) ;Ireland *Triple Crown: 1 (

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References

External links

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