Donncha O'Callaghan (born 24 March 1979) is an Irish retired

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player. He spent most of his career with his home province

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, spending 17 seasons with the province and winning five major trophies, before finishing his career with

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in the English Premiership. Internationally, O'Callaghan represented

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and was part of the team that won the Six Nations grand slam in 2009. He also toured with the

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in 2005 and 2009, winning 4 caps, and was invited the play for the

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twice. Throughout his career, O'Callaghan played primarily as a

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, though he occasionally provided cover at blindside flanker.

Youth rugby

O'Callaghan began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997–98 season he won a Munster Schools Senior Cup with Christian Brothers College, Cork, beating St. Munchin's College, Limerick (a team including

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and

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) in the final at Musgrave Park. The same year, he also played for the Irish Schoolboys team. The following year he was part of the U-19 World Championship winning team, along with

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and

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Professional career

Munster

O'Callaghan made his Munster debut on 4 September 1998, starting against

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in an Irish Inter-Provincial match. O'Callaghan started for Munster in their 37–17

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victory against

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on 1 February 2003. O'Callaghan also started for Munster in their 27–16 Celtic Cup Final against

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on 14 May 2005. O'Callaghan was part of the Munster team that won the

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, scoring a try in the win against

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in the pool stage He started for Munster in their 19–23 2006 Heineken Cup Final victory against Biarritz Olympique on 20 May 2006, O'Callaghan's and Munster's first European success. O'Callaghan scored a try after a 55m run in the first game of their

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defence against

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. He scored another try against

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in their first home game since winning the Heineken Cup. O'Callaghan was also a part of the Munster team which won the

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, starting the 16–13

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victory against

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on 24 May 2008. He was also part of the Munster team that won the

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. On 11 November 2010, O'Callaghan committed his future to the province when he signed a new three-year contract, finishing in 2014. He started against

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in Munster's 19–9

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victory on 28 May 2011. O'Callaghan became the ninth Munster player to reach the 200-caps mark in the league game against

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on 14 April 2012. O'Callaghan signed a contract extension with Munster in November 2013, which will see him remain with the province until June 2016. On 15 February 2014, O'Callaghan made history when he came off the bench for Munster against

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to earn his 241st cap, overtaking the record for Munster appearances previously held by

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. O'Callaghan was nominated for the

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Medal for Excellence 2014 award on 23 April 2014. He missed out on this award, but did win the inaugural Contribution to Society Award for his work with

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. O'Callaghan captained Munster in their 13–14 defeat against Edinburgh on 5 September 2014.

Worcester Warriors

On 3 September 2015, it was announced that O'Callaghan had been granted an early release from his Munster contract to join English

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side

on a two-year contract. On 5 December 2015, O'Callaghan received the first

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of his career during Worcester's game against

. In his first season with the club, O'Callaghan played in every Premiership game and was named the Supporters Club Player of the Season for 2016. In January 2017, O'Callaghan captained with Worcester for the first during their

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fixture against Russian side Enisei-STM. Following that, new Director of Rugby

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also made O'Callaghan the club's Premiership captain. He signed a one-year contract extension in April 2017. O'Callaghan retired from rugby after captaining Worcester to a 44–13 win Harlequins on 28 April 2018, a result that ensured Worcester remained in the Premiership for the following season.

International career

Ireland

O'Callaghan made his international debut for Ireland on 22 March 2003, coming on as a replacement against

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at the

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during the 2003 Six Nations Championship. O'Callaghan was selected in Ireland's squad for the

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, playing against

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in the pool stage and against

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in the 17–16 defeat in the final pool game. O'Callaghan was part of the Ireland team that won the Triple Crown in the

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, Ireland's first Triple Crown in 19 years. O'Callaghan played in all of Ireland's 2005 Autumn Tests when Paul O'Connell was injured. O'Callaghan scored his first international try in a match against

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in the 43–31 loss in Paris in the 2006 Six Nations Championship. O'Callaghan was also part of the Ireland team that won further Triple Crowns in 2006 and

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. O'Callaghan was part of the Irish team which won the Grand Slam in the 2009 Six Nations Championship, Ireland's first in 61 years. O'Callaghan featured in all of Ireland's tests in the 2009 November Tests, starting against

, coming on as a replacement against

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and starting the 15–10 victory against

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. O'Callaghan missed the first two games of the

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, but returned against

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and went on to start against

. and

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. O'Callaghan also started against

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and

in Ireland's 2010 Summer Tests. He also started against

in Ireland's opening game of the 2010 November Tests, also starting against

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and

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. O'Callaghan started against

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in Ireland's first game of the 2011 Six Nations Championship, and went on to start against

and

. O'Callaghan was selected in Ireland's training squad for the

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warm-ups in August, starting both tests against

and the test against

. He was selected in the 30-man squad to go to New Zealand, starting the pool stage victories against USA,

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and

, and also starting the

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defeat to

. O'Callaghan was selected in Ireland's 24-man squad for the

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. He started against

and

. O'Callaghan featured in all of Ireland's tests in the 2012 tour of New Zealand, coming off the bench in the first, second and third tests. He also featured in the 2012 Autumn Tests against

and

, earning his 90th cap for Ireland in the Argentina test. O'Callaghan was named in Ireland's training squad for the 2013 Six Nations Championship on 17 January 2013, and came off the bench against Wales and England. An injury to

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meant that O'Callaghan was promoted to the starting XV for Ireland's game against Scotland on 24 February 2013. McCarthy's return from injury relegated O'Callaghan to another bench appearance in the 13–13 draw with France. O'Callaghan was then dropped from the international side, with

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being preferred for the place on the bench against

. O'Callaghan was added to the Ireland squad for the 2013 Autumn Tests on 28 October 2013. He was left out of the squad for the

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British & Irish Lions

O'Callaghan was selected in Sir Clive Woodward's squad for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand on 11 April 2005. He started for the Lions in a test match against

on 23 May 2005. He started the 48–18 second test defeat alongside Munster and Ireland colleague Paul O'Connell. He continued with O'Connell for the third test defeat as well. O'Callaghan was also selected in Sir Ian McGeechan's squad for the

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. He captained the mid-week Lions team to victory over

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on 16 June 2009. He came off the bench in the first test defeat, his only test appearance on the tour.

Barbarians

O'Callaghan was selected in the

squad to play

on 26 May 2014.

Personal life

O'Callaghan attended Christian Brothers College, Cork. He is the younger brother of Ultan O'Callaghan, former Munster player and coach and now Domestic Rugby Manager at Munster Rugby, and cousin of the former Cork City F.C. footballer

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. On 23 December 2009, O'Callaghan married his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer Harte, at St. Columba's Church in

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. In August 2010, O'Callaghan's wife gave birth to their first child, a girl. The couple had a second daughter in September 2012. Their third daughter was born in October 2013. The couple had a fourth child, a son, in September 2015. O'Callaghan has been an ambassador for

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since July 2009 and has made visits to

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, and

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with

. O'Callaghan released an autobiography in October 2011, called ''Joking Apart: My Autobiography''. In May 2021, he was announced as one of the new presenters of '' The RTÉ 2fm Breakfast Show'' alongside Doireann Garrihy and Carl Mullan, which began on 31 May.

Statistics

International analysis by opposition

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Honours

Munster

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: **Winner (2): 2005–06, 2007–08 * United Rugby Championship: **Winner (3): 2002–03, 2008–09,

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* Celtic Cup: **Winner (1): 2004–05

Ireland

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: **Winner (1):

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* Grand Slam: **Winner (1):

* Triple Crown: **Winner (4):

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British & Irish Lions

*British & Irish Lions tours: **Tourist (2):

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References

External links

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