Dan Patrick Sheehan (born 17 September 1998) is an Irish professional

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player who plays as a hooker for

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club

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and the Ireland national team.

Club career

Sheehan signed his first professional contract for Leinster in June 2020. He made his Leinster debut in October 2020 in Round 3 of the

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against

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, scoring two tries. In June 2022 he was named Leinster's 2021–22 Men's Young Player of the Year. Sheehan was named to the 2022–23 URC Elite XV of the year.

International career

Sheehan made his senior international test debut on 6 November 2021 against

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at the

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. In the 2022 Six Nations, Sheehan came off the bench in Ireland's win vs

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and played the majority of the defeat to

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after

Rónan Kelleher Rónan Kelleher (born 24 January 1998) is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Early life Kelleher was initially an outside back and then ...

came off Injured in the 26th minute. Sheehan earned his first start for Ireland in the February 2022 Six Nations match against Italy. In the final match of the 2022 Six Nations, he scored a try and won the player-of-the-match award in Ireland's 26–5 victory over Scotland, clinching their 12th triple crown. Sheehan was nominated for the 2022 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year. On 18 March 2023, Sheehan scored two tries in a player-of-the-match performance against

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which clinched the

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and Ireland's fourth ever Grand slam. Following the Grand Slam win, the world number 1 ranked team are now often referred to as Ireland’s greatest ever Rugby Team.

Career statistics

List of international tries

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Irish rugby union players Leinster Rugby players Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Ireland international rugby union players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub