Noel Mannion
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ballinasloe, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Mannion (born 12 January 1963 in Ballinasloe, Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a number eight. He played for the Ireland team from 1988 to 1993, winning 16 caps and scoring 3 tries, after making his debut in October 1988 against Samoa in a 49–22 win at Lansdowne Road. He was part of the Ireland team at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.[1]
In January 2024, Mannion was inducted into the Medtronic Galway Sports Stars Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- ^ "Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ "Ballinasloe Rugby Legend Noel Mannion to be Inducted into the Galway Sports Stars Hall of Fame". Galway Bay FM. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
External links
- Noel Mannion at ESPNscrum
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