 Kearney playing for Ireland during the 2015 Rugby World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14.8 st; 207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Clongowes Wood College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Dave Kearney (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Kearney (born 26 March 1986) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played for 15 years for Leinster followed by a six-month stint in Australia, playing for Perth based side Western Force. He also played over a decade for the Ireland national rugby union team with whom he earned 95 caps, and went on two British & Irish Lions tours in 2009 and 2013. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.[1]
- ^ Kearney just taking it all in his stride Independent.ie, 14 February 2009