Kieran Campbell
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Birth name | Kieran Patrick Thomas Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | University of Ulster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kieran Campbell (born 6 July 1979) is a former Irish rugby union scrumhalf and current Assistant Coach at Ealing Trailfinders. He is the former manager of Ulster Rugby's academy and former head coach of the Ireland under-20 team.
Born in
Professional
Campbell started his professional playing career in 1997 at London Irish and was part of the Under 19 World Cup winning side of 1998. After four seasons with the exiles he joined Ulster Rugby at the start of the 2001–02 season. However, he would have to wait until the start of the 2003 season before he would emerge as a first team regular overhauling the scrumhalf Neil Doak.
The 2003–04 season was to be the most important in his career. After succeeding
Following in his breakthrough to the Irish national squad Campbell continued with a successful 2006–07 season where he would win a further 21 caps with Ulster. His performances were good enough to grant him a place in the Ireland A squad for the Churchill Cup during May 2007.
The emergence of
Coaching
Campbell joined the Ulster Rugby academy in 2012 as Elite Performance Officer and backs specialist. He was appointed acting academy manager in July 2014, before taking on the job on a permanent basis in February 2015.[1]
He was an assistant coach for the Ireland under-20 team at the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[1] In January 2021 he was appointed the Ireland under-20s head coach, which he will combine with his role with the Ulster academy.[2] He left his positions with the Ulster academy and the Ireland under-20s in the summer of 2021. [3] Ahead of the 21/22 season Campbell joined the Ealing Trailfinders coaching setup, initially as a skills coach and kicking game coach but soon progressed to defence and contact skills coach.
Personal life
Kieran is married to Orla.
References
- ^ a b Committee Profiles: Kieran Campbell, assistant coach, IrishRugby.ie
- ^ "Kieran Campbell named Ireland Under-20s head coach", BBC, 13 January 2021
- ^ "Kieran Campbell To Leave Ulster And Ireland Under-20 Roles This Summer", Irish Rugby, 23 March 2021