Jerry Flannery
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jerry Flannery | |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Galway, Connacht, Ireland | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Weight | 16 st 1 lb (102 kg) | |
| Nickname(s) | Fla | |
| School(s) attended | St. Munchin's College | |
| University(s) | University College Cork | |
| Relatives | Jerry Flannery(father) | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Hooker | |
| Current club | Munster | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| shannon underage | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
2003 ‐ |
Connacht Shannon Munster |
61 (35) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2005 ‐ | Ireland | 21 (15) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Jerry Flannery (born 17 October 1978) is an Irish rugby union player.
Although capped at Ireland Schools level, and with a fine underage pedigree, Flannery had to wait patiently for his opportunities, but made the most of those that eventually came his way. He began his professional career with Connacht, where he spent two seasons vying for the hooker's jersey with Marnus Uijs, before moving to Munster, where he initially found his opportunities severely restricted by the consistent form of Frankie Sheahan, a regular Ireland international. He did, however, make his Heineken Cup debut as a (late) replacement against Stade Francais in Thomond Park in the quarter final of the Heineken European Cup, in April 2004, which Munster won 37 - 32.
Following a serious neck injury to Sheahan in 2005, Flannery made the Munster No. 2 jersey his own. Voted Man-of-the-Match on his first try-scoring Heineken Cup start against Castres, Flannery's outstanding form and obvious ability to compete at the highest level meant that he was promptly called into the Ireland squad, and made his international debut against Romania in November 2005 where he came on as a replacement.
By January 2006, Jerry was installed as Ireland's first-choice hooker, and played his first full international game against Italy in the RBS 6 Nations. He retained his place in the side that claimed the Triple crown in 2005/06, and was unanimously chosen as the Six Nations' best hooker of that season.
In Sheahan's absence, Jerry was also an integral member of Munster's successful European rugby cup winning side of 2005/06.
Bedevilled by injury in late 2006, Flannery briefly lost his place in the Ireland side to Ulster's Rory Best. Flannery did, however, appear as a replacement in each of Ireland's Six Nations fixtures in 2007. Having toured Argentina with the shadow squad, he was also a try-scoring member of Ireland's 2007 Rugby world cup squad in France, starting the games against France and Argentina.
Away from rugby, Jerry and his family run a very popular pub, Jerry Flannery's Bar on Catherine street in his native Limerick.
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