Mike Doneghan
| Birth name | Michael Doneghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Ross Doneghan, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Doneghan (born 6 May 1991) is a former professional Scottish rugby union player. Recently at centre for CSM Baia Mare in Romania.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Doneghan started with Stewart's Melville. He was part of the team that were runners-up in the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup of 2009.[1]
While with Glasgow Warriors, he played with Stirling County.[1]
Professional career
He played for Edinburgh U18s in 2008.[1]
He moved to Gloucester that same year and was named best player in their summer academy.[1]
He was named in Glasgow Warriors academy as an Elite Development Player in 2010. He stayed at Glasgow till 2012.[1] He played one match for Glasgow Warriors; away to Dundee HSFP in a pre-season match of the 2010-11 season.[3]
He moved to play for Rotherham Titans for one season in 2012-13, who played in the English championship at the time.[2]
He moved to play for London Scottish for two seasons from 2013-15.[2]
After playing with London Scottish, Doneghan moved to A.S. Macon in France who were playing in Federale 1 at the time.
In 2016 he moved to play for Romanian side CSM Baia Mare in the CEC Bank Super League, the professional top league of Romania.[4]
International career
Doneghan came through the age-grades with Scotland; playing for the Scotland U18s, Scotland U19s and Scotland U20s.[2]
He would qualify on residency for the Romania national rugby union team in 2019.
He played an exhibition match for Romania A and hoped to represent the Romanian side in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[4] However the Romanian team were expelled from the tournament in 2018 for fielding an ineligible player.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Mike Doneghan".
- ^ a b c d "MICHAEL DONEGHAN: HAVE BOOTS WILL TRAVEL". 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Dundee Hsfp 7 Warriors 71 - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ a b "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com.
- ^ Marica, Irina (16 May 2018). "Romania expelled from Rugby World Cup 2019 - Romania Insider".
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