Healy warming up for Ireland during the 2015 Rugby World Cup
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Full name | Cian Healy | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 October 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Belvedere College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
Current status | |||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Prop | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Leinster | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||
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Amateur clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | ||
Clontarf FC |
Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2007– | Leinster | 167 | (95) |
Correct as of 7 March 2017
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National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2007 2008–09 2009– 2013 |
Ireland U20 Ireland Wolfhounds Ireland British and Irish Lions |
4 8 67 0 |
(5) (15) |
Correct as of 18 March 2017
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Cian Healy (born 7 October 1987) is an Irish rugby union rugby player. He plays for Leinster and for the Ireland national team. He is registered to Clontarf who play in All-Ireland League. He is also a DJ, calling himself DJ Church, performing at both Oxegen 2010 and Oxegen 2011 in the Electric Ballroom with his band partner DJ Gordo.
He was educated in Belvedere College, Dublin and won a Leinster Schools Senior Cup medal in 2005.
He was named as part of the Lions squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, but withdrew due to injury playing only twice.
He is known for his physical strength, and according to Leinster Rugby, Ireland and British and Irish Lions teammates Jamie Heaslip and Mike Ross, he is the strongest player they have seen in the gym in any of those squads, being able to bench press over 200 kg (440 lb) and squat over 300 kg (661 lb).
On 23 May 2009, Healy was part of the Leinster team that won the 2009 Heineken Cup in a 19–16 win against Leicester Tigers and also part of the 2011 Heineken Cup Final winning team who beat Northampton Saints 33–22.
Healy was called into the Ireland A side that was defeated by England Saxons on 1 February 2008. On 21 June 2009, he was part of the Ireland 'A' team that won the 2009 Churchill Cup against England Saxons by 49–22 in the final in Colorado.