Kenneth John Hooks (born 1 January 1960) is a former Ireland

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international from Northern Ireland. Born in Markethill, Hooks attended Bangor Grammar School and earned four Irish Schools caps. Hooks, a winger, spent his career with Ards, Bangor,

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and

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, while appearing in six Test matches for

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. He debuted against Scotland in the

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, then had to wait eight and a half years until his next cap, as a late call up against the 1989 visiting All Blacks. His only Ireland try was the opener in a win over Argentina at Lansdowne Road in 1990, which was the first ever official Test between the countries. A teacher by profession, Hooks is a school head at

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. He was named Ulster Rugby's "Coach of the Year" in 2004, having led the school's rugby XV to the

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title, their first since 1977.

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