Donnacha Ryan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Donnacha Ryan
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 11, 1983(1983-12-11)
Age	41
Birthplace	Nenagh
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Tipperary
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Donnacha Ryan Biography

Donnacha Ryan is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on December 11, 1983 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. Donnacha Ryan (born 11 December 1983) is an Irish union rugby player who plays for the French team Racing 92 in the Top 14 and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Ryan typically plays as the lock, however, she can also be seen as flanker.

In Ireland’s team for 2010’s Six Nations Championship, Ryan made his Six Nations debut against Italy on the 6th of February, 2010. He was a substitute. He also made an appearance in a replacement role against France on 13 February but was not a part of the remainder part of the competition. He did not make the cut to Irish’s 2010 Summer Tour, but was returned to Ireland in the November 2010 Tests, and appeared on his bench in the games in the matches against South Africa and Samoa.

Ryan was part of the Munster squad that won the 2008–09 Celtic League, and he added a second Celtic League winners medal to his collection when Munster beat arch-rivals, and newly crowned Heineken Cup champions, Leinster 19–9 in the 2011 Celtic League Grand Final. After the 2011 Rugby World Cup, he began to regularly partner Paul O’Connell in the Munster pack, particularly during the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, keeping Donncha O’Callaghan on the bench. It was announced on 13 March 2012 that Ryan had signed a contract extension with the IRFU. On 8 April 2012, Ryan won his 100th cap for Munster in the 2011–12 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Ulster. He also won the Munster Player of the Year award for the 2011–12 season.

Ryan continued to hold down the Ireland number 5 jersey going into the 2013 Six Nations Championship, starting against Wales, England Scotland, France, and Italy. Ryan was added to Ireland’s squad for the 2014 Six Nations Championship on 17 February 2014. Ryan was named in the 45-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup on 24 June 2015. He started in the first World Cup warm-up against Wales on 8 August 2015. Ryan came off the bench in the third warm-up game against Wales on 29 August 2015. He was selected in the final 31-man squad for the World Cup when it was announced on 1 September

2015. Ryan came off the bench in the final warm-up game against England on 5 September 2015. He came off the bench in the pool opener against Canada on 19 September 2015. Ryan started the second pool game against Romania on 27 September 2015. He came off the bench for Ireland in the 43-20 quarter-final defeat against Argentina on 18 October 2015.

Ryan was a member of Ireland at the Youth U18 level as well as at U21. Ryan made his debut with his Irish nation on the 22nd of November, 2008 during a match against Argentina at Croke Park in Dublin. Ryan did not make it into the selection to the Ireland senior team in 2009’s Six Nations Championship, and needed to wait until Summer Tests of 2009 to play for Ireland and earn the opportunity to play in the series against Canada in addition to the USA. Ryan was included in the squad for November Tests of 2009 however he did not get any caps during the series.

Donnacha Ryan Net Worth

Donnacha Ryan is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Donnacha Ryan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ryan attended school in CBS Nenagh and played all his youth sports with Nenagh Ormond as a player for Munster as well as Irish Youths, before moving to St Munchin’s College in Limerick and was a major player in the team that won the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 2002. Ryan first started playing the sport when he was 17 to try to build muscle and gain an opportunity to play in the Tipperary Minor Hurling team, but decided to pursue a career in the sport of rugby. Ryan is currently a part of Shannon who play within the All-Ireland League, and won an AIL League medal with the team during the season of 2005/06.

At 20 years old, Ryan was a debutant as a player for Munster at the expense of Ospreys on September 3, 2004 in an Celtic League fixture. He made his Heineken Cup debut against Scarlets on 16 December 2007. He was a player in the team of Munster throughout their 2007-2008 Heineken Cup semi-final against Saracens as well as in the reserve team for their 2008 Heineken Cup Final against Toulouse the Toulouse team, which Munster took the title 16-13.

Ryan missed out on selection for Ireland’s squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship, but was named in the training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He made his first start for Ireland in the World Cup warm-up against Scotland on 6 August 2011, as well as playing against France and England. He won selection in the final 30-man squad for the tournament in New Zealand, and made three appearances at the tournament, including a start against Russia and bench appearances against Italy and Wales. He was selected in Ireland’s 24-man squad for the 2012 Six Nations Championship. He came off the bench against Wales, Italy and France, and made his first Six Nations start in the Round 4 game against Scotland, in which he was named man of the match. Ryan started in all of Ireland’s tests against New Zealand in June 2012, as part the 2012 Tour of New Zealand, and the tests against South Africa and Argentina on November 2012.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Donnacha Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Donnacha Ryan celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.

Top Facts about Donnacha Ryan

1. Donnacha Ryan is an Irish rugby union player.
2. He was born on December 11, 1983 in Tipperary, Ireland.
3. Ryan played for Munster from 2004 to 2017.
4. He won two European Rugby Champions Cups with Munster.
5. In 2017, he signed with Racing 92 in France.
6. Ryan has earned over 45 caps for the Irish national team.
7. He made his international debut in November 2008 against Canada.
8. Ryan played in the Six Nations Championship and Rugby World Cup.
9. He retired from international rugby in May 2017.
10. Ryan is known for his physicality and work rate on the field.