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⚫ | '''Girvan Dempsey''' (born 2 October 1975 in ]) is an Irish former ] footballer who played at ] for ] and ]. | ||
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==Rugby career== | |||
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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. | |||
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 is a favourite of Leinster supporters at their home ground in Donnybrook. The Swerve started his rugby career at Terenure College and played full back for ]. Girvan has over 50 international caps for Ireland and scored the match winning try in Ireland's famous victory over England at ] in 2004. | |||
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 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. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
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 is fifth on the all time Irish try scoring charts. | |||
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 ]. | |||
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". | |||
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==References== | |||
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Irish former rugby union footballerRugby player
Date of birth | (1975-10-02) 2 October 1975 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Ireland squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup | |
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Ireland squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup | |
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Coach: O'Sullivan |
Ireland squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup | |
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- 1975 births
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Leinster Rugby non-playing staff
- Terenure College RFC players
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Rugby union fullbacks
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- People educated at Terenure College