Simon Keogh (born 1979) is a retired

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played on the wing and scrum half for

Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team domestically. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby ...

and for

Harlequins F.C. Harlequins (officially Harlequin Football Club) is a professional rugby union club that plays in Premiership Rugby, the top level of English rugby union. Their home ground is the Twickenham Stoop, located in Twickenham, south-west London. Foun ...

In 2000, Simon was named

Young Player of the Year. In 2004, whilst playing with

he won the Challenge Cup scoring the winning try in injury-time against Clermont-Ferrand (now

ASM Clermont Auvergne Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne () is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Clermont are two times French ...

). He was named Supporters' Player of the Year for Harlequins in the 2005/06 season. After returning to

, he has won the

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

with them in 2009. He also represented Ireland A's travelling to the 2006 Churchill Cup in San Hose and to the 2009 Churchill Cup in Colorado. Upon retirement, Simon qualified as a solicitor and is now CEO of Rugby Players Ireland the representative body for professional rugby players in Ireland. Simon Keogh CEO
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Living people Leinster Rugby players Irish rugby union players 1979 births People educated at St Michael's College, Dublin Ireland Wolfhounds international rugby union players Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of Dublin Business School Old Belvedere R.F.C. players Rugby union players from County Dublin {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub