Eddie Halvey (born 11 August 1970) is a retired Irish rugby union player for

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

, London Irish and Ireland. He played as a

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. On 12 May 2009 he received a 7-month suspended sentence for causing the death of Kevin Walsh, then 16, in 2006 while driving at over twice the legal limit.

Munster

Halvey made his debut for Munster against

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in November 1995, a game that was also Munster's first ever

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appearance.

London Irish

He joined the Exiles in 2000, and made his debut against Harlequins in August of that year. He started in the 2002 Powergen Cup Final at Twickenham, as London Irish defeated the Northampton Saints.

Return to Munster

In 2002 Halvey rejoined Munster, and went on to play a further two season with his home province, making his final appearance against

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in April 2004.

Ireland

Halvey made his Ireland debut against France in March 1995, during the

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. He earned three caps at the

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in South Africa, against

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, Wales and France. The first of his two international tries came during the Japan match, and the second came four days later during the game against Wales. Halvey's last appearance for Ireland came against Canada in November 1997.

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Munster profileIRFU profile
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