Position:Secondrow

Club:Blackrock College RFC

Province:Leinster

School:Blackrock College

Date of birth:9/01/1978

Height:6ft 6ins

Weight:110kg

Official Leinster caps:102*

Points scored:15 (3 tries)

Leinster A caps:5

Senior debut:friendly, 13-15 win v Edinburgh Reivers at Kelso, 4/09/1998

Magners/Celtic League caps:49* (1 try)

Leinster Heineken Cup caps:38* (1 try)

Heineken Cup debut:56-31 loss v Stade Français in Stade Jean-Bouin, 17/10/1998

Ireland caps:19 (2002 to date)

Ireland A caps:17 (captain v England in 2006/2007)

Ireland Under-21 caps:16 (14 as captain)

Leinster Under-20 caps:7

Ireland Under-19 caps:4 (3 as captain)

Ireland Schools caps:7

Leinster Schools caps:3 (also played in all 8 games on 1995/96 Australia tour)

Leicester Tigers appearances:56 (15 as captain)

Leicester Tigers Heineken Cup appearances:12

* Denotes 83 caps won in previous spell (including 37 in Celtic League, 32 in Heineken Cup)