Tony Buckley
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| Full name | Anthony Buckley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Mushy, Bucks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 138 kg (21 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School |
Boherbue Comprehensive School Newbridge College |
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| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop | ||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–05 2005–11 2011–14 |
Connacht Munster Sale Sharks |
60 96 57 |
((25) (40) (10)) |
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Correct as of 9 February 2014
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2007–11 2009–11 |
Ireland Wolfhounds |
25 6 |
((10) (5)) |
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Correct as of 26 September 2011
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Tony Buckley (born 8 October 1980 in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union player who played Prop. He was one of the heaviest men playing professional rugby, weighing in at 21 st 10 lbs or 138 kilograms (305 lbs). He wore size 16 boots which had to be custom made for him in Germany. He joined Sale Sharks on a 3-year deal from the 2011/12 season.
Buckley has a background in Gaelic games. He first started playing rugby for Kanturk R.F.C in Co Cork. Educated in Newbridge College, Buckley initially played rugby with the school team as a Second Row. He was capped for Leinster Schools before playing for Shannon RFC.
Buckley joined Munster from Connacht in 2005 but his first two years were interrupted with injury. Following initial reports, it was thought that he would move to Bath on a one-year contract at the end of the 2007 season. However, it was later announced that he would remain at Munster until 2009, after agreeing to a two-year contract extension. The 2007–08 season provided Buckley with increased game time, starting four of the first six matches in the Celtic League, followed by making his Heineken Cup debut against the London Wasps. It was during this match that Buckley came on for the injured John Hayes and within minutes had put Simon Shaw to ground with a hand-off on his own line. After another disappointing season in which he lost his place in the Irish squad to Mike Ross and Munster failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals for the first time in over a decade, Buckley decided to join Sale Sharks for the 2011/12 season.
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