Mark Donnelly (born 14 March 2001) is an Irish

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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 ...

Early life

Donnelly played rugby for

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and

Midleton College Midleton College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. In past centuries it has also been called Midleton School. Although founded in 1696, the school did not open until 1717. It went thr ...

before moving to

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, where he won a

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in 2019 before joining

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club Garryowen.

Munster

Having previously represented the province at under-18 level, as well as playing for Munster's 7s team in the IRFU's inaugural HPC Sevens Series and for the 'A' team in fixtures against

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and Ulster A, Donnelly joined the

academy ahead of the 2021–22 season. Following the disruption caused by the province's recent tour to South Africa, Donnelly made his senior competitive debut for Munster in their opening 2021–22 Champions Cup fixture away to English club

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on 12 December 2021, coming on as a replacement for

Dave Kilcoyne David Kilcoyne (born 14 December 1988) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays as a prop and represents UL Bohemians in the All-Ireland League. Early life Born in ...

in the province's 35–14 win. Donnelly made his league debut for Munster as a replacement for

Josh Wycherley Josh Wycherley (born 22 July 1999) is an Irish rugby union player for United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup, Champions Cup side Munster Rugby, Munster. He plays as a Rugby union positions#Prop, prop and represents Young Mun ...

in the province's 29–24 away defeat against South African side the

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in a rescheduled round 6 fixture during the

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on 12 March 2022.

Ireland

Donnelly represented Ireland at under-18 level and was selected in the under-20s squad for the

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, but did make any appearances in the tournament before it was cancelled due to the

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. However, Donnelly earned selection at under-20 level for a second time, this time for the

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, featuring off the bench in the 38–7 win against

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, the 40–12 win against

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and the 24–15 defeat against

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Honours

Munster

**Winner (1):

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References

External links

Munster Academy Profile
* 2001 births Living people People educated at Christian Brothers College, Cork Rugby union players from Cork (city) Irish rugby union players Garryowen Football Club players Munster Rugby players Rugby union props {{ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub