Birth name | Noel Mannion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ballinasloe, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Mannion (born 12 January 1963 in Ballinasloe, Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a number eight. He played for the Ireland team from 1988 to 1993, winning 16 caps and scoring 3 tries, after making his debut in October 1988 against Samoa in a 49–22 win at Lansdowne Road. He was part of the Ireland team at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. [1]
In January 2024, Mannion was inducted into the Medtronic Galway Sports Stars Hall of Fame. [2]
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Date of birth | 12 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ballinasloe, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Mannion (born 12 January 1963 in Ballinasloe, Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a number eight. He played for the Ireland team from 1988 to 1993, winning 16 caps and scoring 3 tries, after making his debut in October 1988 against Samoa in a 49–22 win at Lansdowne Road. He was part of the Ireland team at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. [1]
In January 2024, Mannion was inducted into the Medtronic Galway Sports Stars Hall of Fame. [2]