Jim Brennan (rugby union)

James Irwin Brennan (22 August 1934 — 29 August 2001) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Jim Brennan

Full name	James Irwin Brennan
Date of birth	(1934-08-22)22 August 1934
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death	29 August 2001(2001-08-29) (aged 67)
Place of death	Swindon, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957 Ireland 2 (0)

Brennan was born in Belfast and educated at Belfast High School.^[1]

A teacher by profession, Brennan was a classics master at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution at the time of his Ireland caps in 1957, during his first season with CIYMS. He played much of his early rugby as a back rower but was selected by Ireland to replace Paddy O'Donoghue in the front row, for matches against Scotland at Murrayfield and Wales at Cardiff.^[2] Later that year, Brennan won a place on the Barbarians tour of Canada, but was unable to make the trip.^[3]

Brennan also played association football, captaining Dublin University.^[1]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players

References

1. "Cap and marriage". Belfast Telegraph. 11 February 1957.
2. "Two changes and a positional switch". Northern Whig. 11 February 1957.
3. "Brennan only Ulster player for Barbarians tour". Northern Whig. 7 March 1957.

External links

• Jim Brennan at ESPNscrum