Donal Lenihan

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Donal Lenihan
Birth nameDonal Gerard Lenihan
Date of birth (1959-09-12) 12 September 1959 (age 64)
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight108 kg (17.0 st; 238 lb)
SchoolSaint Patrick’s
Christian Brothers College
UniversityUniversity College Cork
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
UCC
Cork Constitution		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Munster 50+ ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1981–1992
1983–1989
British and Irish Lions
 52
0		 (4)
(0)

Donal Gerard Lenihan (born 12 September 1959) is a retired Irish

Irish Times
. Lenihan was elected President of Cork Constitution Rugby Club in 2020-2021. His brother Cormac Lenihan has been very successful as a manager for Kilmurry junior A team, being touted as the next potential Cork senior football manager.

Early life

Lenihan was raised in a sporting background. His father, Gerald Lenihan, was an All-Ireland heavyweight boxing champion and Gaelic footballer of distinction, and played in the same team as Jack Lynch. Donal attended primary school he attended Saint Patrick’s on Gardiner's Hill and afterwards went to Christian Brothers College, Cork. He captained his school to Munster Junior and Senior Schools titles and also captained Irish schools.[3] He was a student at UCC and played for the rugby team while studying there.[citation needed]

Rugby career

Lenihan played his first test match for Ireland on 21 November 1981 versus

Five Nations Championship victories. It was his break off the back of a line-out that set up Mike Kiernan's championship clinching drop-goal against England
in 1985.

Lenihan played four matches in the inaugural

British and Irish Lions tours - 1983, 1986 (IRB Centenary Match), 1989 - and captained the Lions on a number of occasions during their victorious tour of 1989.[4] His 52nd and last Irish cap (6th highest of the amateur era) came against Wales
on 18 January 1992.

Manager

After retirement from playing rugby, he took over as manager of

British and Irish Lions for their 2001 tour to Australia with coach Sir Graham Henry.[7]

Honours

University College Cork R.F.C.

Cork Constitution

Ireland

British and Irish Lions

  • British and Irish Lions tours:

References

  1. ^ "World Rugby".
  2. ^ "O'Mahony Named Munster Player Of The Year". Munster Rugby. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ISBN 1-85158-834-5
    .
  4. ^ "History of the Lions New Zealand 1993". BBC Sport. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Former captain and ex-Lions player to take over as national rugby manager". Irish Examiner Web site. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Ireland's Lenihan to step down after visit of Wales". Independent News. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Brian O'Brien is the new Irish Manager". RTÉ Web Site. 28 April 2000.

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