Gordon D'Arcy
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| Date of birth | 10 February 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 4 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Clongowes Wood College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Inside Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| Lansdowne FC | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1998–2015 | Leinster | 260 | (339) |
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Correct as of 15 August 2015
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1997 1998 1999–2000 1999–2015 1999–2015 2005, 2009 |
Ireland Schools Ireland U-19s Ireland U-21s Ireland Wolfhounds Ireland British and Irish Lions |
3 1 7 11 82 1 |
(10) (35) (0) |
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Correct as of 15 August 2015
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Gordon William D'Arcy (born 10 February 1980, in Ferns, County Wexford) is a retired Irish rugby player. For most of his career he played at inside centre. He played for Irish provincial side Leinster for his entire professional career and was registered to club side Lansdowne.
D'Arcy retired from rugby in 2015 having won three Heineken Cups, a Challenge Cup and four league titles with Leinster, two Six Nations titles with Ireland, including a Grand Slam in 2009, and traveled on two British and Irish Lions tours.
D'Arcy was a promising fullback for schools side Clongowes Wood in the late 1990s, and on the eve of his Leaving Cert was called into the Irish squad for the tour of South Africa by coach Warren Gatland. However, because of his studies he declined the opportunity. On leaving school he joined the Lansdowne Football Club and made his Ireland debut on 15 October 1999 as a substitute against Romania during the World Cup.
Following a falling out with his provincial coaches regarding his attitude – which almost drove him to retire from the game – D'Arcy was left out of the international setup for three years. His second game for his country came on 17 November 2002 as a late substitute in Ireland's 64–17 win over Fiji. He made a further three appearances as a substitute during 2003. He was not selected for the Irish squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, but was picked for the Leinster team during the absence of its World Cup players. It was then that he came into his own, playing some of the best rugby of his career at fullback/wing, where he displayed delightful skill in running from deep and finishing off the moves that he had started. After the World Cup, an injury to Brian O'Driscoll, his Leinster team mate, saw D'Arcy move to outside centre, where he made a great impression.
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