Date of Birth: 30/11/1982 

Place of Birth: Ballinasloe, Co Galway 

Nickname: Mul / The Count 

Position: Backrow 

Height: 6'3" / 1.91 m 

Weight: 106 kg / 234 lbs 

School: Portumna CS 

Previous Clubs: Nenagh RTC, Galwegians 

Honours won: Connacht Schools Junior Cup 96/97. All Ireland U18 Nenagh 99/00. 

International Representation: Ireland Youths, U21, U19, A 

When joined Connacht: summer 2001 

Favourites 

Food: steak and chips 

Drink: apple juice 

Holiday: Las Vegas 

TV Programme: Lost, Prison Break 

Music: Anything 

Film: One flew over the cuckoos nest 

Book: Anne and Barry 

Airport: Galway Airport (so little hassle) 

Best Away Stadium: Neath Swansea Ospreys Liberty Stadium 

Worst Away Stadium: Hughenden, Glasgow 

Non rugby playing team: Celtic 

Boots: Mizuno 

Sport apart from rugby: Hurling

Least favourite sport and why: Cricket, its boring and slow 

Thing about training: The craic with the lads 

Worst thing about training: the galway weather in winter 

If I wasn't involved in rugby I'd be... on the dole 

Greatest ambition: to win something with Connacht 

Last CD bought: Green Day 

Last book read: Da Vinci Code

Pets: none 

Best player in the world at the moment: Ritchie McCaw 

Best thing about being a sportsman: playing a sport you love and getting paid for it 

And the worst: everyone thinks its easy and that you earn a lot of money 

Nominee for the worst dressed person in the squad: Chris Keane (brown and yellow runners!) 

And the best: Ray Hogan 

Funniest moment in rugby: Chris Keane getting stepped 4 times by a 15 year old, in tag rugby last July 

Best moment in rugby: Playing England in 

When did you last embarrass yourself: It happens often 

Biggest fear: working after rugby 

Who did you make your Connacht debut against: Borders in 2003

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