Sean Cronin

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Not to be confused with the member of the Irish Republican Army Seán Cronin.

Not to be confused with the American politician Sean Cronin (Wisconsin politician).

Sean Cronin
Rugby union career
Full name	Sean Cronin
Date of birth	(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.815 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	105 kilograms (231 lb)
School	Ardscoil Ris
University	University of Limerick, NUI Galway
Current status
Position(s)	Hooker
current team	Buccaneers
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005–2008 2008–2011 2011-present	Munster Connacht Leinster	2 55 50	(0) (35) (50)
correct as of 28 May 2013.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–present 2005-2006	Ireland Ireland U21	31 3	(0) (5)
correct as of 3 February 2014.

Sean Cronin (born Limerick, Ireland, 6 May 1986) is an Irish player for Leinster in the RaboDirect Pro12. Cronin was educated at Ardscoil Ris in Limerick and has previously played with Shannon RFC and Munster Rugby where he had progressed through their academy to a development contract. After a dynamic Schools Rugby career where he went on to play for Irish Schools, Cronin's rugby career began to take off while playing in the AIB League for Shannon.

Outings for Ireland A and two Magners League appearances for his home province of Munster saw him attract the attention of Connacht who offered him a Full contract in the Summer of 2008.

Clearly benefiting from the gametime at Connacht, he earned his first cap against Fiji in November 2009 and his second cap came as a replacement for Rory Best during the Ireland v Wales Six Nations game in March 2010.

He won his first start against New Zealand in the 2010 Summer Tests and also started against Australia.

Cronin has also represented Ireland in rugby at: Ireland Schools, U19, U21, and A (Ireland Wolfhounds) levels.

In January 2011 it was announced that Cronin would join Leinster Rugby on a 2-year contract for the 2011-2012 season, after 3 seasons at Connacht.^[1]

Before becoming a professional rugby player he played minor Gaelic football with Limerick in 2004. He also won a Limerick Senior Football Championship medal with Monaleen in 2005.

References

↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/leinster/9372037.stm

http://hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=156156

External links

v t e Ireland squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Rory Best Sean Cronin Jerry Flannery(Selected, but ruled out by injury) Damien Varley(Replaced J.Flannery) Tony Buckley Tom Court Cian Healy Mike Ross Leo Cullen Donncha O'Callaghan Paul O'Connell (vc) Donnacha Ryan Stephen Ferris Sean O'Brien Shane Jennings(Replaced D.Wallace) David Wallace(Selected, but ruled out by injury) Jamie Heaslip Denis Leamy

Backs	Isaac Boss Conor Murray Eoin Reddan Ronan O'Gara Jonathan Sexton Fergus McFadden Gordon D'Arcy Brian O'Driscoll (c) Paddy Wallace Tommy Bowe Keith Earls Andrew Trimble Rob Kearney Geordan Murphy

Coach	Declan Kidney

v t e Leinster Rugby squad

Forwards	Cronin Dundon Strauss Bent Healy McGrath O'Connell Moore Ross Cullen (c) Denton Marshall McCarthy Roux Toner Jennings McLaughlin Murphy O'Brien Ruddock Ryan Auva'a Heaslip

Backs	Boss Cooney Reddan Madigan Gopperth D'Arcy Goodman Macken McFadden O'Driscoll Reid Fitzgerald Hudson D.Kearney R.Kearney Kirchner

Coach	Matt O'Connor

Persondata
Name	Cronin, Sean
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player and rugby union player
Date of birth	6 May 1986
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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