Name: Ray Hogan

Date of Birth: 21/11/1981

Place of Birth: Limerick

Nickname: Razor

Position: Loosehead Prop

Height: 6'4" / 1.93m

Weight: 117 kg / 258 lbs / 18 st 6 lbs

School: Nenagh CBS

Honours won: Connacht Senior League and Cup with Galwegians 2002

International Representation: Ireland A, 6 caps

When joined Connacht: 2003

Favourites

Food: Can't beat a good steak

Drink: Coke

Holiday: Las Vegas

TV Programme: Family Guy, Curb your enthusiasm

Music: Depends on my mood

Song: Layla by Eric Clapton

Film: Glengarry Glenross

Book: 1984, George Orwell

Airport: Galway because theres never any crowds

Best Away Stadium: Murrayfield

Worst Away Stadium: Netherdale, Border Reivers

Non rugby playing team: Celtic and the Tipperary Hurling Team

Boots: Mizuno

Sport apart from rugby: I'm into most sports

Least favourite sport and why: Cricket, no explanation needed

Thing about training: staying fit

Worst thing about training: listening to the Aussies, English and South Africans talking about cricket

If I wasn't involved in rugby I'd be... in trouble

Greatest ambition: to play for ireland

Last CD bought: Gift Grub CD

Last book read: The Odyssey

Pets: none

Sporting hero and why: Roy Keane, because of his honesty

Best player in the world at the moment: Dan Carter, Carl Hayman

Best thing about being a sportsman: Doing something you love

And the worst: nothing

Nominee for the worst dressed person in the squad: Chris Keane (Dennis the Menace boxers)

And the best: Michael Diffley

Funniest moment in rugby: Chris Keane getting shown up by a 15 year old in a game of tag rugby in July

Best moment in rugby: playing with my brother for Ireland A over the summer

When did you last embarrass yourself: anytime I try to sidestep someone

Biggest fear: getting destroyed in a scrum

Who did you make your Connacht debut against: Borders (Celtic Cup 2003)