Adrian Flavin (born 6 June 1979 in

Harrow on the Hill Harrow on the Hill or Harrow-on-the-Hill is a locality and historic village in the borough of London Borough of Harrow, Harrow in Greater London, England. The name refers to Harrow Hill, ,Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) ...

, London) is a former Irish

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footballer. Flavin was a member of the 1999 Ireland Under-19 World Cup winning team and also represented the Ireland Under 21s in the 2000 World Cup and the 2001 Six Nations Tournament. Known for his insanely accurate darts. Flavin has also earned two

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A-squad caps versus

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and Scotland A during the 2008 6-Nations. Flavin has a

Powergen Cup The RFU Knockout Cup was an English rugby union competition open to any member of the Rugby Football Union. First contested in 1971, it was the premier competition in English club rugby before the establishment of the English league structure in 1 ...

Winners Medal & a

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Runners Up Medal. Flavin played for

Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...

in the

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and retired at the end of the 2012–13 Pro 12 season.

Post career

Adrian Flavin began his role of the director of rugby in

Castleknock College Castleknock College () is a voluntary Vincentian secondary school for boys, situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. Founded in 1835 by Philip Dowley, it is one of the oldest boys' schools in ...

at the beginning of the 2013 school year. In his time at the college, Flavin has overseen 2 x Leinster Junior League wins, a Leinster Senior League Final, 2 x Junior Cup Semi-finals and a Senior Cup Semi-final. In the 2020 Season, both Castleknock Cup teams were in the Semi-final for the first time since 2002. Flavin was selected as Ireland Schools Forwards Coach for the 2014/15 season, competing at the FIRA European Championships in Toulouse, followed by 3 years as Assistant Coach of the Ireland U18 Clubs & Schools team. In 2019 Flavin coached MU Barnhall RFC to its first ever All Ireland title winning Division 2B of the All Ireland League. Following their unbeaten season winning 18 out of 18 games, Flavin was awarded the IRFU AIL 2A Coach of Year Award. From 2018 to 2020, he was Head Coach of Leinster U20's.

External links

Connacht ProfilePro 12 Profile
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ERC Profile
1979 births Living people Buccaneers RFC players Connacht Rugby players English rugby union players Irish Exiles rugby union players London Irish players People educated at Mill Hill School People from Harrow on the Hill Rugby union players from the London Borough of Harrow People from Harrow, London Rugby union hookers {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub