Ronan (Ronnie) McCormack (born 27 April 1977) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. who played loosehead prop for Connacht, Ulster and Leinster. He attended

St Mary's College, Dublin Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is a voluntary boys' primary and secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, an ...

, with whom he won the Leinster Schools Junior Cup in 1992, and the Senior Cup in 1994."Where are they now?: Ronan McCormack"
Leinster Rugby, 24 March 2021 He represented Leinster Schools three times, and Ireland Schools four times.Beatrice Asprey
"Fogarty and McCormack retire"
Rugby World, 8 November 2010 On leaving school, he tried out for the Ireland Foundation, a centrally-run pathway to the professional game, but failed to get a place. He played club rugby with University College Dublin in the All-Ireland League, and represented Ireland Universities twelve times. In 2000 he signed professionally for Connacht. He made 26 appearances in two seasons, during which he was selected for Ireland 'A', winning nine caps."Fogarty and McCormack call it a day"
''Irish Examiner'', 7 November 2010 In 2003 he moved to Ulster, replacing

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who had signed for Castres,"Ulster sign Connacht duo"
BBC Sport, 23 April 2003 which gave him the opportunity to play in the

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. He played there for two seasons, making 37 appearances, and was called up to the Ireland squad for the

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. In 2005 he signed for his home province of Leinster, with whom he won the

and the

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. His time at Leinster was marred by injury. In late 2006 he played for a combined Leinster/Ulster team against Connacht/Munster in "The Last Stand", an exhibition game at the old Lansdowne Road stadium before it was demolished, and sustained a neck injury. He sustained a more serious injury to his shoulder on his return to action for Leinster against Edinburgh in February 2007, which needed two operations and kept him out for a year. In the 2008-09 season he injured his neck in a warm-up. He retired in 2010, having made 52 appearances and scored three tries for the province. He studied for a Masters in Sports Management, and moved into the residential property business. As of 2021, he was Managing Director of Grayling Property Management.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Ronan 1977 births Irish rugby union players Connacht Rugby players Ulster Rugby players Leinster Rugby players St Mary's College RFC players University College Dublin R.F.C. players Alumni of University College Dublin Living people People educated at St Mary's College, Dublin Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Rugby union props