Rob Kearney
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) Joe Biden (fifth cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Kearney (born 26 March 1986) is an Irish former rugby union player. He spent 15 years playing for Leinster, before having a six-month stint in Australia where he played for Perth based side Western Force. Kearney 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 Kearney also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Championship.