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	Girvan Dempsey is the highly talented Irish and Leinster full back. He has a stalwart of Irish Rugby and is one of the best players in his position in the World. Girvan is also known as "Girve the swerve" and "the Girvanator." Girv started his rugby career at Terenure College and played full back for ]. Despite performing at club level, he has been unable to make the step to International rugby, seemingly overwhelmed by the pace and intensity of rugby at its very best.
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			'''Girvan Dempsey''' (born 2 October 1975 in ]) is an Irish former ] footballer who played at ] for ] and ].
			<ref></ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_player_search.php \|title=Ireland Players : Searchable : Irish Rugby \| Official Website \|access-date=2014-07-01 \|archive-date=2014-02-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217154157/http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_player_search.php \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			==Rugby career==
	He has very a impressive up-and-under kick and is an attacking option when he roars into the backline. People from a land called "Munster" dislike Girvan because he is like any of their talentless backs nor an Uncle Tom. Sane people follow Girvan, and are part of Girv's Gang and are on friendly terms with the "Caleb Crew", Caleb Ralph's unofficial fan club.
			Educated at Terenure College and the National University of Ireland, Dempsey won his first full cap as a replacement against Georgia in November 1998 and scored two tries. He became a first choice player in 2000 and played in all five of Ireland's matches at the 2003 World Cup.

			He reached a milestone when winning his 50th cap in the 2004 summer tour's second Test against South Africa, and is currently the joint-fourth most-capped Irish player in history, with nine of his appearances as a winger between 1998 and 2005.
	Girv is also known as Girvokoko (derrives from the All Black winger and was a Fijian Joe Rokocoko) when he plays on the wing, as a result of his electric pace and a freakish try scoring ability. Girvan Dempsey, the best full back in Ireland (tm) is a lot better than '''Uncle Tom turnstyle Geordan Murphy'''

			A former Ireland Under-21 and 'A' cap, Dempsey's senior career will probably be most remembered for his try in the left corner at Twickenham in 2004 which helped Ireland on their way to securing their first Triple Crown since 1985.
	He is fifth on the all time Irish try scoring charts.

			Most recently he helped Ireland to a 2006 Triple Crown victory in Ireland's 28–24 victory over ] and Leinster to their first ever ] win. He also won the ] with Leinster.
	Also helped Terenure College to a Senior Cup medal, he was quoted as saying(during a match while he sprinted home to score a try), "It was a privilege to attend a school of the quality of Terenure, god bless".

			He has been capped 82 times by Ireland, scoring 95 points(19 tries), putting him 4th on the Irish all-time international try scorer list.
			He has been capped 198 times for leinster scoring 184 points.

			Dempsey announced that he would retire from rugby union at the end of the 2009–10 season, a week after Leinster were knocked out of the ].

			==Honours==
			===Ireland===
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			===Leinster===
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			==References==
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			*http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_player_search.php {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217154157/http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_player_search.php \|date=17 February 2014 }}

			==External links==
			* {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193307/http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/members/index.asp?locID=37&docID=84 \|date=3 March 2016 }}
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			{{Ireland Squad 1999 World Cup}}
			{{Ireland Squad 2003 World Cup}}
			{{Ireland Squad 2007 World Cup}}

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Latest revision as of 09:40, 5 June 2024

Irish former rugby union footballer

Rugby player

Girvan Dempsey

Date of birth

(1975-10-02) 2 October 1975 (age 49)

Place of birth

Dublin, Ireland

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight

14 st 5 lb (91 kg)

School

Terenure College

University

National University of Ireland

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Fullback
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–2010	Terenure College		()
Correct as of 2007-03-06
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1996–2010	Leinster Rugby	173	(194)
Correct as of 20 December 2020
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1998–2008	Ireland	82	(95)
Correct as of 2007-03-06

Girvan Dempsey (born 2 October 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish former rugby union footballer who played at full back for Leinster and Ireland.

Rugby career

Educated at Terenure College and the National University of Ireland, Dempsey won his first full cap as a replacement against Georgia in November 1998 and scored two tries. He became a first choice player in 2000 and played in all five of Ireland's matches at the 2003 World Cup.

He reached a milestone when winning his 50th cap in the 2004 summer tour's second Test against South Africa, and is currently the joint-fourth most-capped Irish player in history, with nine of his appearances as a winger between 1998 and 2005.

A former Ireland Under-21 and 'A' cap, Dempsey's senior career will probably be most remembered for his try in the left corner at Twickenham in 2004 which helped Ireland on their way to securing their first Triple Crown since 1985.

Most recently he helped Ireland to a 2006 Triple Crown victory in Ireland's 28–24 victory over England and Leinster to their first ever Heineken Cup win. He also won the Celtic League with Leinster.

He has been capped 82 times by Ireland, scoring 95 points(19 tries), putting him 4th on the Irish all-time international try scorer list. He has been capped 198 times for leinster scoring 184 points.

Dempsey announced that he would retire from rugby union at the end of the 2009–10 season, a week after Leinster were knocked out of the 2009–10 Heineken Cup.

Honours

Ireland

Triple Crown: 2004, 2006, 2007

Leinster

References

"Girvan Dempsey". Leinster rugby. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
Leinster Rugby Profiles
"Ireland Players : Searchable : Irish Rugby | Official Website". Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_player_search.php Archived 17 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Leinster Rugby profile Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Irish Rugby profile
Sporting Heroes profile

v t e Ireland squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Brennan Casey Clohessy Corkery Corrigan Davidson Dawson Fitzpatrick Johns McKeen Miller Nesdale O'Cuinneagain (c) O'Kelly Wallace Ward Wood
Backs	Bell Bishop Dempsey Elwood Humphreys Maggs Mostyn Mullins O'Driscoll O'Meara O'Shea Tierney Topping
Coach: Gatland

v t e Ireland squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Best Byrne Corrigan Costello S.Easterby Foley Gleeson Horan Hayes Longwell Miller O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Quinlan Sheahan Wood (c)
Backs	Dempsey Doak G.Easterby Hickie A.Horgan S.Horgan Humphreys Kelly Maggs O'Driscoll O'Gara Stringer Wallace
Coach: O'Sullivan

v t e Ireland squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	N. Best R. Best S. Best Buckley (ir) Easterby Ferris Flannery Hayes Horan Leamy O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Quinlan Sheahan D. Wallace Young
Backs	Boss Carney D'Arcy Dempsey Duffy Hickie Horgan Murphy O'Driscoll (c) O'Gara Reddan Stringer Trimble P. Wallace
Coach: O'Sullivan

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