Brian Carney (rugby)

Brian Carney

Personal information
Born	(1976-07-23) 23 July 1976 (age 48) Cork, Ireland
Playing information
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	14 st 5 lb (91 kg)
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–99 Dublin Blues 1999 Gateshead Thunder 5 2 0 0 8 2000 Hull F.C. 19 8 0 0 32 2001–05 Wigan Warriors 111 48 1 0 194 2006 Newcastle Knights 26 16 0 0 64 2009 Warrington Wolves 4 2 0 0 8 Total 165 76 1 0 306 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998–00 Ireland 8 3 0 0 12 2003–06 Great Britain 14 8 0 0 32 2003 Lancashire 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–09 Munster 20 5 1 0 27 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–09 Ireland 4 1 0 0 5 2009 Ireland 7s 5 3 0 0 15
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Brian Carney (born 23 July 1976) is an Irish professional rugby league commentator and former dual-code rugby international player. He most recently played rugby league for Warrington Wolves, but he also played for Gateshead Thunder, Hull F.C. and Wigan Warriors in the Super League, as well as Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Carney crossed codes to play rugby union for Munster between 2007 and 2009. He earned caps for international representation, for Ireland in both rugby league and rugby union, and also Great Britain and Ireland in rugby league.^[1][2] He also played Gaelic football as a junior.

Carney is one of the presenters for Sky's coverage of Gaelic games which started in June 2014.^[4][5][6]