14 Facts About Rory Scannell

Rory Scannell was born on 22 December 1993 and is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup.

Rory Scannell plays primarily as a centre, but can play as a fly-half or fullback, and represents Dolphin in the All-Ireland League.

Rory Scannell started at fly-half against Cardiff Blues on 14 February 2015.

Rory Scannell was nominated for the 2015 John McCarthy Award for Academy Player of the Year in April 2015.

In May 2016, Rory Scannell won the Munster Young Player of the Year Award and the John McCarthy Award for Academy Player of the Year.

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On 24 January 2017, it was announced that Rory Scannell had signed a contract extension with Munster until June 2019.

Rory Scannell was nominated for the 2018 Munster Rugby Player of the Year award in April 2018, his second nomination for the award.

Rory Scannell signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in December 2018.

Rory Scannell earned his 100th cap for Munster in their fixture against Scarlets on 2 March 2019, becoming the youngest player to do so for the province.

Rory Scannell made his debut for Ireland Under-20 on 1 February 2013, starting against Wales Under-20 in the 2013 Under-20 Six Nations Championship.

Rory Scannell played for Ireland Under-20 during the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.

Rory Scannell was named in the Emerging Ireland squad for the 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup on 19 May 2015.

On 21 November 2016, Rory Scannell was added to the senior Ireland squad for their 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals fixture against Australia.

On 23 January 2017, Rory Scannell was named in the Ireland squad for the opening two rounds of the 2017 Six Nations Championship and he was selected in the squad for the 2017 Summer Tour against the United States and Japan.