Kieron Dawson

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Kieron Dawson
Rugby union career
Full name	Kieron Dawson
Date of birth	(1975-01-29) 29 January 1975
Place of birth	Bangor, Northern Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	100 kilograms (16 st)
University	Queen's University Belfast
Current status
Position(s)	Flanker
Playing career
Position	Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Bangor
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996-2006 2006-2009	London Irish Ulster	190 38	(20)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997-2003	Ireland	21	(0)

Kieron Dawson (born 29 January 1975 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rugby union footballer who is flanker for Ulster and Ireland.

He played for Bangor prior to his move to London Irish in 1996, he played 190 games in his 10 years at the Exiles. He was London Irish player of the season in 2000-01 and helped the club win the Powergen Cup in 2002.

He was capped at Ireland A, under-21, students and schoolboy levels and went on to win 21 Ireland caps and was part the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He also played for the Barbarians in the 2003-04 season.

In July 2011, Dawson was appointed head coach of Worthing Rugby Football Club.^[1]

References

↑ "Raiders Get Underway for 2011/12". Retrieved 20 July 2011.

External links

v t e Ireland squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Brennan Casey Clohessy Corkery Corrigan Davidson Dawson Fitzpatrick Johns McKeen Miller Nesdale O'Cuinneagain O'Kelly Wallace Ward Wood

Backs	Bell Bishop Dempsey D'Arcy (ir) Elwood Humphreys Maggs Mostyn Mullins O'Driscoll O'Meara O'Shea Tierney. Topping O' Reilly

Coach	Gatland

Persondata
Name	Dawson, Kieron
Alternative names
Short description	Irish rugby union player
Date of birth	29 January 1975
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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