Eric Elwood
| Full name | Eric Elwood | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 February 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galway, Republic of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half | ||||||||||||||||
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Galwegians Lansdowne Galwegians |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1995-2005 | Connacht | 168 | (318) |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1995-2002 1993 |
Ireland Barbarians |
35 1 |
(296) (12) |
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2005-2010 2006-2007 2010-2013 |
Connacht (Assistant) Ireland U20 Connacht |
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Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. After retiring from playing, Elwood served as assistant coach for Connacht and coach of the Ireland U20s, before becoming Connacht head coach in 2010. Elwood held this position until his decision to resign at the end of the 2012-13 season.
When Elwood was first capped for Ireland, he was playing for Lansdowne, but he later returned to Galwegians, the club of his youth. While playing for Connacht Elwood made over 150 appearances and scored a record 318 points in the Celtic League. His number of appearances for Connacht was the record until November 2009, when Michael Swift overtook him.
Elwood played 35 times for Ireland and scored a total of 296 points. This total places Elwood at number four in the all time points scorers for Ireland. He also participated in two Rugby World Cups, in the 1995 tournament which took place in South Africa, and 1999's tournament, in France. He made his last appearance for Ireland coming on as a substitute in their play-off loss to Argentina at the 1999 World Cup in Lens.
Elwood also made an appearance for the Barbarians, playing against the All Blacks at Cardiff Arms Park in 1993. The Barbarians lost the game 12–25. Elwood scored all of the Barbarians' points, converting four penalties.
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