Eoghan Grace
| Date of birth | 6 October 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Clonmel, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (16 st; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Rockwell College | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Eoghan Grace (born 6 October 1987) is an Irish former rugby union player.
Career
[edit]Grace began his professional rugby career as a member of his native province Munster's academy, However, Grace was unable to break into Munster's senior squad, and he moved to England to join Premiership Rugby side Exeter Chiefs ahead of the 2010–11 season.[1] Grace didn’t manage to play a full game at the Devon club, he was hampered by constant injury Grace's and after one season with Exeter chiefs he was released.
After rugby, Grace began running two companies; Eolas+, a not-for-profit that goes into primary schools and runs holiday camps in the south-west of England to get children involved in sports, and Pro Rugby Academy, which works with aspiring rugby players who have missed out on contracts with professional clubs.[2] The companies have now dissolved
References
[edit]- ^ "Exeter Chiefs sign Munster flanker Eoghan Grace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "'It's easy to get toxic. You're with other lads who can also be in a negative zone'". The42. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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[edit]- Living people
- 1987 births
- People educated at Rockwell College
- Rugby union players from County Tipperary
- Shannon RFC players
- Exeter Chiefs players
- Connacht Rugby players
- Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
- Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club players
- Coventry R.F.C. players
- Rugby union flankers
- Sportspeople from Clonmel
- Irish rugby union players