| Full name | Donal Martin Canniffe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1949-08-14) 14 August 1949 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||
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Donal Martin Canniffe (born 14 August 1949) is an Irish former rugby union international.
Canniffe, the youngest son of Irish hurler Dan Canniffe, was raised in Cork.
A scrum-half, Canniffe played for Cork Constitution, Munster and Lansdowne. He was capped twice for Ireland in the 1976 Five Nations Championship and was the reserve scrum-half to John Robbie on that year's tour of New Zealand, during which he suffered a tour ending ankle injury. In 1978, he was captain of the Munster side that defeated the All Blacks at Thomond Park, then found out after the match that his father had collapsed at half-time and died.
See also
References
- ^ Shannon, Kieran (20 November 2016). "Donal Canniffe: 'A huge win and a huge loss. I can't separate them'". Irish Examiner.
- "The Munster heroes of 1978 who beat the All Blacks: where are they now?". Irish Independent. 27 October 2018.
- "McGrath's chance". The Guardian. 29 May 1976.
External links
- Donal Canniffe at ESPNscrum