Eric Elwood

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Elwood
Occupation	Irish Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1969(1969-02-26)
Age	55
Birthplace	Galway
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Galway
Horoscope	Aquarius

Eric Elwood Biography

Eric Elwood is one of the most popular and richest Irish rugby union player who was born on February 26, 1969 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland. Elwood also was a player of Gaelic Football for Galway appearing in the 1990 Connacht Football Final defeat to Roscommon.

After retiring of playing with Connacht, Elwood worked as an assistant coach for the province. Elwood was the coach of the Ireland Under-20 team for a period between 2006 and 2007. Elwood coached the team to a grand slam at 2007. Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

Elwood took over from Michael Bradley as director of coaching at Connacht following the end of the 2009–10 season. Elwood was in charge of Connacht for their Heineken Cup appearance in the 2011–12 competition, thanks to Leinster winning the 2011 Heineken Cup Final. Connacht lost their first five matches in the pool stages, claiming losing bonuses in both of their ties with Gloucester. In the final game of their pool, however, they managed an upset, beating Harlequins 9–8 in the Galway Sportsgrounds, which prevented the Premiership club from topping the group, and knocked them down into the Amlin Cup.

When Elwood was first capped for Ireland, he was playing for Lansdowne, but he later returned to Galwegians, the club of his youth. While playing for Connacht Elwood made 168 appearances and scored a record 1,038 points. His number of appearances for Connacht was also the record until November 2009, when Michael Swift overtook him.

Elwood played 35 times in Ireland and recorded 296 points. His score places Elwood at the top of the top scorers of all time for Ireland. He was also a part of the two Rugby World Cups, in the 1995 tournament that was held at South Africa, and 1999’s tournament in France. He made his final appearance for Ireland playing as an alternate in their play-off loss against Argentina in the 1999 World Cup in Lens.

Eric Elwood Net Worth

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

Eric Elwood is a former Irish union rugby participant from Galway. He was a fly-half. He was a player for Ireland internationally and also at a provincial level for Connacht. He played his career between his home Galwegians and Lansdowne. Galwegians as well as Lansdowne in Dublin The club he joined at the beginning and the end of his playing career at Galway as well as playing for Lansdowne in the 90s. Elwood was awarded 35 cap for Ireland and scored 296 goals for his team. He played 168 games for Connacht scoring 1,038 points. Elwood was the very one of the first Connacht player to appear in 100 games for the team, and his score of points is the most impressive ever recorded by the team. Elwood also made one appearance with the international invitational side the Barbarians prior to being named a captain by Ireland.

Elwood was a part of the 1993 squad. Elwood received a call-up to the Barbarians invitational team. Elwood played against New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park. The Barbarians lost the match 12-25. Elwood scoring all the team’s points. He converted four penalties.

After retiring from playing, Elwood went into coaching. He served as assistant coach for Connacht and then as coach of the Ireland under-20 side, where he won a Grand Slam in 2007. In 2010, he became head coach of Connacht and led the team to the Heineken Cup for the first time. He held this position until his decision to resign at the end of the 2012–13 season. He has since taken a variety of roles within the provincial set up, taking the role of Domestic Rugby Manager in 2015. Elwood returned to first team coaching in 2016 when he became kicking coach. In 2017, he moved roles again when he was appointed head of the Connacht Academy.

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Facts & Trivia

Eric Ranked on the list of most popular Irish rugby union player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Eric Elwood celebrates birthday on February 26 of every year.