From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Quinlan
Alan Quinlan
Alan Quinlan Heineken Cup with Munster after a late appearance from
Date of birth 13 July 1974 (1974-07-13) the bench in the Heineken Cup Final win over Biarritz
in Cardiff. He captained the side from Number Eight in
Place of birth Tipperary, Ireland
Munster’s upset victory over Ulster in Ravenhill in the
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 2007 Magner’s League. Quinlan was voted Man of the
Match as Munster beat Toulouse 16–13 on 24 May 2008
Weight 16 st 7 lb (105 kg)
to win the Heineken Cup for a second time. He was part
Rugby union career of the Squad that won the 2008–2009 Magners League. In
Playing career total he holds five league medals with Shannon, as well
as two Heineken Cup medals and a Celtic League Medal
Position Back Row with Munster. Quinlan won his 201st cap against Lein-
Amateur clubs ster, equalling Anthony Foley’s club record for caps, on
2 October 2010. He became Munster’s most capped play-
Years Club / team
er ever on 16 October 2010, against RC Toulon in the
Clanwilliam Heineken Cup.[3]
1994 – present Shannon
Provincial/State sides International career
Quinlan represented Ireland ’A’ between 1998 and 2001
Years Club / team Caps (points)
and made his senior debut for the Irish national team in
1996–2011 Munster 212 (165) October 1999 as a replacement in a Test against Roma-
correct as of 11 Jun 2011.
nia. He played his first Six Nations match against Italy in
2001. He was a part of Ireland’s squad at the 2003 Rug-
National team(s) by World Cup in Australia and scored two tries in the
Years Club / team Caps (points) tournament before dislocating his shoulder scoring a vi-
tal try against Argentina in the pool stages, which ended
1999–2008 Ireland 27 (30) his involvement. He was named in Ireland’s 2007 Rugby
correct as of 15 Sep 2010. World Cup squad but did not make any appearances. Ire-
land coach Eddie O’Sullivan was widely criticised after-
Alan Quinlan (Irish: Ailín Ó Caoindealbhainborn, born 13 Ju- wards for not using his bench. Quinlan took his caps to
ly 1974) is an Irish rugby union player. He played for a total of 27 by playing in the Autumn Internationals of
Munster and is registered to the AIB League side Shan- 2008 against Canada and the All Blacks.[4]
non. He retired from rugby in May 2011.
Recent career
Career On the 21st April 2009, Quinlan was named in the squad
for the 2009 Lions tour of South Africa.[5] During Mun-
Quinlan was educated at Abbey CBS in Tipperary and sters Heineken cup semi-final defeat to Leinster in May
worked for a motor dealer after leaving school.[1] He be- 2009, Quinlan was cited for making contact with the eye
gan his rugby career with Clanwilliam FC where he cap- or eye area of Leinster captain Leo Cullen. The offence
tained the Irish Youth Team against Scotland in 1993. He was deemed at the low range of seriousness and he re-
normally plays as a blindside flanker, but has also played ceived a 12 playing week ban until 9 September 2009.[6]
openside, number eight and second row for Munster.[2] As a result he missed the Lions tour to South Africa.
More recently he has had strong performances for
Club/Provincial Career Munster in the Heineken Cup and Magners League, often
Quinlan moved from Clanwilliam to join Shannon U20s earning the Man of the Match award. In the 2009-2010
in 1994. He began playing for Munster in 1996 and cap- season he represented Munster 21 times, including all 8
tained the youths team before becoming a regular in the of their 2010 Heineken Cup matches. [1].
first team. In May 2006 he made a comeback from a cru- In April 2011, Quinlan officially announced his retire-
ciate ligament injury earlier in the season to win both ment from professional rugby, to be effective at the end
the AIB League Division 1 title with Shannon and the of the 2010/11 season.[7][8]He played his last game for
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Quinlan
Munster on 06 May 2011, against Connacht in the Celtic [6] "Banned Quinlan to miss Lions tour". BBC Sport.
League, scoring a try to mark the end of his remark- 2009-05-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/
able career and going off to a standing ovation from the rugby_union/8031505.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
Munster and Connacht supporters. He joined the Mun- [7] "Quinlan calls it a day". Planet Rugby. 2011-04-13.
ster team at the 2011 Magners League Grand Final trophy http://www.planetrugby.com/story/
presentation, celebrating Munster’s 19-9 victory over old 0,25883,3551_6869256,00.html. Retrieved
rivals Leinster in Thomond Park. 2011-04-13.
He was a co-commentator for ITV’s coverage of the [8] "Munster and former Irish flanker Alan Quinlan to
2011 Rugby World Cup. retire". BBC Sport. 2011-04-13.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/
Personal life [9]
13066367.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-
Quinlan married Irish model Ruth Griffin in Tipperary town/new-mum-ruth-gets--back-model-figure-
town during the summer of 2008. They have one son just-12-weeks-after-ajs-birth-1707790.html
named AJ who was born in January 2009. They later split
up in June 2010.[9]
He released an autobiography, entitled ’Quinlan: Red
External links
Blooded’, in 2010. • Munster Rugby Profile
• Ireland profile
References •
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ESPNscrum profile
Sporting Heroes bio
[1] http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/
2009/0411/1224244446960.html Persondata
[2] http://www.irishrugby.ie/
Name Quinlan, Alan
13394_13785.php?player=3903&includeref=dynamic
[3] http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/ Alternative names
2009/0411/1224244447000.html Short description
[4] http://www.scrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/ Date of birth 13 July 1974
13264.html
[5] "O’Connell to lead 14 Irish Lions". RTE Sport. Place of birth Tipperary, Ireland
2009-04-21. http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2009/ Date of death
0421/lions.html. Retrieved 2009-04-23. Place of death
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