Full name | Ian James T. Keatley | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 4 lb, 200 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Belvedere College | ||||||||||||||||
University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Fly-half, Centre, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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Amateur clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | ||
????-2008 2008–11 2011–present |
Suttonians Galway Corinthians Young Munster |
Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2007–08 2008–11 2011–present |
Leinster Connacht Munster |
0 77 143 |
(0) (688) (1,039) |
Correct as of 22 January 2017
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National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2007 2007–14 2009–present 2013–14 |
Ireland U20 Wolfhounds Ireland Emerging Ireland |
5 10 5 6 |
(54) (20) (31) (67) |
Correct as of 11 February 2017
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Ian James T. Keatley (born 1 April 1987 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays primarily as a Fly-half, but has also played at Centre and Fullback. Keatley currently plays for Irish provincial side Munster in the Pro 12 and European Rugby Champions Cup.
Keatley was educated at Belvedere College, University College Dublin and played with Suttonians RFC. He was a member of the Belvedere College team which won the Leinster Senior Cup in 2005, the first time the school had achieved this in 33 years.
After spending one season as part of Leinster's senior team, during which time he failed to make any appearances for the first team, Keatley joined rival Irish province Connacht ahead of the 2008–09 season. Keatley made his first appearance for the side on 5 September 2008, starting in a 2008–09 Celtic League match against the Ospreys. Keatley played in 17 of Connacht's 18 league games for the season, starting in all of the matches he played. Keatley also made his European debut that season on 10 October 2008, starting in the team's 2008–09 European Challenge Cup game with French side Dax. Of Connacht's six games in the group stages of the competition, Keatley started five, missing a match against London Irish. Keatley also started in Connacht's quarter-final defeat to eventual champions Northampton Saints. He scored a total of 185 points for the province during the course of his first season.