Nicky Barry
Full nameNicholas Michael Peter Barry
Date of birth (1969-01-05) 5 January 1969
Place of birthLimerick, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991 Ireland 1 (0)

Nicholas Michael Peter Barry (born 5 January 1969) is an Irish former rugby union international.[1]

Born in Limerick, Barry was a highly rated schoolboy player who won a Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup with Crescent College in 1986. He started his senior career with Garryowen.[2]

Barry, usually a fly-half, toured France with Ireland as a 19 year old in 1988. He gained his only Irish cap in 1991, coming on as a substitute against Namibia in Windhoek.[3]

At provincial level, Barry started out with Munster, then played for Leinster after he joined St Mary's College, before declaring for Connacht in 1996, having linked up with Clontarf.[4]

See also

References

  1. "The best Munster team never to play for Ireland". Irish Independent. 18 November 2008.
  2. "No respite as Ireland face further defeats". The Daily Telegraph. 10 May 1988.
  3. "The greatest XV of players who've played for both Leinster and Munster". Extra.ie. 26 December 2022.
  4. van Esbeck, Edmund (23 August 1996). "New recruits for Connacht". The Irish Times.
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