12 Facts About Declan Kidney

Declan Kidney was born on 20 October 1959 and is an Irish rugby union coach.

Declan Kidney was the head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team from 2008 to 2013, where he won the 2009 Six Nations with a Grand Slam, winning the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year award.

Declan Kidney was the head coach at Munster, leading them to four Heineken Cup finals, winning twice in 2006 and 2008.

Declan Kidney studied to become an accounting and mathematics teacher, in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later became the career guidance officer.

Declan Kidney took on the role of rugby coach at the school, where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side.

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Declan Kidney rejoined Munster in 2005, winning the Heineken Cup in his first season back, after losing in both 2000 and 2002 in the final.

Declan Kidney coached the Irish team to the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in 2009, in his first year as head coach.

Declan Kidney was awarded the 2009 Phillips Manager of the Year for the third time in four years, beating Brian Cody, John Oxx and Giovanni Trapattoni to the title.

In 2011 and Declan Kidney led Ireland to the quarter finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, at which Ireland recorded their first-ever clean sweep of their pool, including Ireland's first-ever win at a world cup against a major rugby nation.

Declan Kidney finished with a record of 28 wins, 3 draws and 22 defeats.

Declan Kidney joined London Irish in March 2018 as technical consultant.

Declan Kidney later became Director of Rugby on 22 May 2018 following the resignation of Nick Kennedy.