Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Foreign born irish rugby players?

Options
  • 04-02-2008 8:56pm
    #1
    figs86
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭


    Where were the following born - dont google it, if you do, just keep your yap shut!

    Ronan O'Gara
    Jamie Heaslip
    Dion O'Cuinneagain
    Frankie Sheahan
    Malcolm O'Kelly
    Simon Easterby
    Isaac Boss
    Simon Geoghan

    thatll do for now...
    feel free to add any other interesting ones


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    figs86 wrote: »
    Where were the following born - dont google it, if you do, just keep your yap shut!

    Ronan O'Gara - san fran
    Jamie Heaslip
    Dion O'Cuinneagain - South africa
    Frankie Sheahan - Canada (i think?? either him or Keith wood.)
    Malcolm O'Kelly
    Simon Easterby - Near Leeds
    Isaac Boss - New Zealand
    Simon Geoghan - London

    thatll do for now...
    feel free to add any other interesting ones



    thats all i know


  • Options
    #3
    madson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭madson


    Jamie Heaslip was born in Israel


  • Options
    #4
    figs86
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭figs86


    Snyper:

    Ronan O'Gara - san fran - not quite mate, close
    Jamie Heaslip
    Dion O'Cuinneagain - South africa - correct
    Frankie Sheahan - Canada (i think?? either him or Keith wood.) - yup
    Malcolm O'Kelly
    Simon Easterby - Near Leeds - not too sure on geography but i checked and leeds isnt in the same county, could be right beside it though, ive no idea!
    Isaac Boss - New Zealand - correct
    Simon Geoghan - London - correct


  • Options
    #5
    figs86
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭figs86


    madson wrote: »
    Jamie Heaslip was born in Israel

    correct

    there was one of the old boys born there as well but i cant find who!

    back in the old guard days....think era of gibson, kyle etc, before ollie campbell and co.

    anyone know?


  • Options
    #6
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Ronan O'Gara - San Diego, California
    Jamie Heaslip - Israel
    Dion O'Cuinneagain - South Africa
    Frankie Sheahan - Somewhere in North Ameria
    Malcolm O'Kelly - Guilford, Surrey
    Simon Easterby - Yorkshire
    Isaac Boss - New Zealand
    Simon Geoghan - London


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    Imhof Tank
    Registered Users Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭Imhof Tank


    Brendan Mullen was Isreal born too I believe


  • Options
    #8
    figs86
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭figs86


    ah yes it is brendan mullin,

    nice one.

    thought it was someone a lot older, cheers


  • Options
    #9
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    Back in 1991 Ireland fielded a backline who were all foreign born. They were

    15 Jim Staples - England

    14 Simon Geoghegan - England

    13 Brendan Mullin - Israel/Jordan

    12 Dave Curtiss - Rhodesia

    11 Jack Clarke - Kenya

    10 Brian Smith - Australia

    9 Rob Saunders - Scotland

    Staples and Geoghegan were both bona fide "granny rulers" born and raised in England with Irish ancestry.

    Mullin was born in Jerusalem in 1963 so depending on which side of the divide his hospital was in it could have been Jordan. Israel didn't capture all of Jerusalem until 1967.

    Curtiss was born and raised in Zimbabwe but his dad had played rugby for Ireland on I know not what grounds so he probably had some bona fide qualifications as well.

    Clarke played for a Cork club so I can only assume he returned to Ireland with his parents at a young age and was raised here.

    Saunders had no Irish ancestry but moved to Belfast with his Scottish parents as an infant and grew up with an impeccable Norn Iron accent.

    Brian Smith was a complete and utter imposter. An Ozzie who played against us in the 87 world cup, got recruited at a time when checks were lax, played a couple of seasons and then buggered off to rugby league.

    A good passing out half but couldn't place kick for toffee. England won the grand slam that year scoring five tries. We finished bottom without a win having scored ten tries. No kicker to convert them.

    Sorry, no question. Just know it all waffle.


  • Options
    #10
    tampopo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭tampopo


    Frankie Sheehan - Toronto


  • Options
    #11
    frankbrett
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭frankbrett


    chris saverimutto?


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    LayneVedder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭LayneVedder


    Snickers Man wrote: »

    11 Jack Clarke - Kenya

    Clarke played for a Cork club so I can only assume he returned to Ireland with his parents at a young age and was raised here.

    .

    Yea he's my cousin, his parents were teaching there when he was born, moved to ireland very young, livin in Galway now....


  • Options
    #13
    Romeish Dias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Romeish Dias


    Chris Saverimutto - Must have been born in Sri Lanka. If not must have some Sri Lankan parentage.


  • Options
    #14
    SomeFool
    Registered Users Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭SomeFool


    chris saverimutto - was English!


Advertisement