Mick Doyle (rugby union)

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Mick Doyle

Birth name	Michael Gerard Doyle
Date of birth	13 October 1941
Place of birth	Currow, County Kerry, Ireland
Date of death	11 May 2004(2004-05-11) (aged 62)
Place of death	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
School	Newbridge College
University	University College Dublin, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)	Vet
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1965–1968 1967 British and Irish Lions 20 1 (6) (0) Coaching career Years Team 1979–1983 1984–1987 1986 British and Irish Lions

Mick Doyle (13 October 1941 – 11 May 2004) was an Irish rugby union international player and coach.

Youth and playing career

Doyle was born in

before returning to Ireland.

He went on to earn the distinction of never being dropped during his 20-

British and Irish Lions

the next year.

His last game for Ireland was against Australia in October 1968, when he lined out alongside his brother Tommy.

Coaching

He coached

.

He led Ireland to the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, but that joy was tinged with sadness as he suffered a heart attack at the opening dinner. He battled illness and adversity and his recovery from a brain problem was chronicled in his book '0.16'.

Media

After retiring from coaching, Doyle became a TV expert on

, and continuing both on live coverage and their "Rugby After Dark" Sunday night highlights programme until having to step down through ill-health in the late-90s.

Apart from working in his

in the later years of his life.

Mick Doyle was killed in a car crash in Dungannon on 11 May 2004.

See also

• Irish Rugby Football Union
• Ireland national rugby union team

References

External links

• RTÉ News - Death of Mick Doyle
• - Guardian obituary

Doyle, Mick (2001). Zero Point One Six: Living in Extra Time. Mainstream Publishing.

.

• scrum.com
• [1] The Independent obituary

Preceded by Willie John McBride

Irish national rugby coach 1984–1987

Succeeded by Jim Davidson