Peter Bracken
| Full name | Peter Bracken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Tullamore, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 118 kilograms (18 st 8 lb) | ||
| School | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Position(s) | Prop | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Prop | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Tullamore Galwegians | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007-2009 2009 2009-2010 |
Connacht London Wasps Bristol Harlequins Dragons |
38 51 14 4 |
(5) (5) (0) (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006 2003-07 2006-2007 |
Barbarians Ireland A Ireland |
5 |
(0) |
Peter Bracken (born 1 December 1977) is a rugby union coach and former player. He played as a prop.
In his formative rugby years he played for Tullamore and also at St. Andrew's College, Dublin where he attended on Scholarship.
He started playing professionally in Ireland for Munster and then Connacht. In 2005 he moved to Englandto play for London Wasps. Whilst at Wasps, he won a Heineken Cup winners medal in 2007 and an Anglo-Welsh Cup winner in 2006. He joined Bristol Rugby in 2007 although injury limited the number of games he was able to play in the first season. Competition for places meant that he was released by Bristol in January 2009[1] and signed a short term contract for Harlequins for the rest of the 2008-2009 season.[2]
Whilst at Connacht he also played for Galwegians and on leaving Harlequins rejoined Galwegians. In October 2009 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons initially on a four month contract. Bracken is currently the coach of AIL Division 2B side Connemara
Achievements
Bracken has represented the Barbarians, playing against England in May 2006.[3] In 2006 he toured Australia and New Zealand with Ireland.[4] In 2007 he went on the Argentina tour.[5] He has previously been capped by Ireland A and at under-18 levels.