Bob Casey (rugby union)

Bob Casey (born 18 July 1978) is an Irish former rugby union footballer who used to play at lock for London Irish until his retirement at the end of the 2011/2012 season.[2] He was later Operations Director and then the CEO at the same club until he resigned in March 2017.[3] Originally from Maynooth, County Kildare, he was educated at Blackrock College, a Dublin secondary school renowned for producing international rugby players.[4] Casey is currently a consultant for Korn Ferry in Dublin.[5]

Bob Casey
Birth nameRobert Casey
Date of birth (1978-07-18) 18 July 1978
Place of birthMaynooth, Republic of Ireland
Height2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight125 kg (19.7 st)[1]
SchoolBlackrock College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Blackrock College ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999-2002
2002-2012		 Leinster
London Irish		 37
129		 (10)
(25)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999-2009
2000-2009		 Ireland A
Ireland		 14
7		 (5)
(5)

Club career

Casey joined Leinster in 1999 and played three seasons before moving to London Irish in July 2002,[6] having previously played for Blackrock College RFC and North Kildare RFC. He was the club's Players' Player of the Season in 2003–04 and was the London Irish Supporters Club Player of the Season 2004–05 and later club captain until his retirement from playing.[7][3]

International career

Casey represented Ireland at Schools, U19, U21, Ireland 'A' and U25 levels. He made his senior debut against Australia in 1999. Casey was part of the Ireland team that recorded Ireland's largest win on 10 June 2000, by beating the United States 83–3. Casey also captained Ireland A team in the 2008 Churchill Cup, and was named in Declan Kidney's Autumn internationals squad for 2008, the squad for the 2009 Six Nations and the summer tour to North America in 2009. Casey has seven caps for Ireland; when he played for Ireland against Canada in May 2009, it was his first cap since 2000.[8]

He has also played for the Barbarians.[9]

Charity work

Casey is a Director of the United Kingdom board of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation.

References
  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - London Irish". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. "Casey ready to call it a day". The Irish Times. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. "Former Exiles captain Bob Casey resigns as London Irish Rugby Chief Executive". Irish Post. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. "Casey happy to be an Exile in his own land". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. "Bob Casey - Consultant". www.kornferry.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  6. O'Mahony, Dermot (15 May 2009). "Old school ties – Captains in English Premiership and Heineken Cup deciders all played in '96 Senior Cup final". The Herald. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012.
  7. Bob Casey: The Exile's dream of a call from home The Independent, 12 January 2008
  8. Nine-year wait over for Casey as six new caps face Canada Irish Independent, 15 May 2009
  9. "LISC Hall of Fame – Bob Casey". londonirishsupportersclub. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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