Shane Horgan

Shane Horgan.

Age/Date of birth – 30 – 18th July 1978
Position – Centre/Wing
Height – 1.93m
Weight – 104kg
Test caps – Ireland 64, British and Irish Lions caps 3
Test debut – 19th February 2000 v Scotland
Test points – 100 – 20 tries
Current club/Playing history – Lansdowne, Leinster
Strengths – Strong, powerful and direct with a great nose for the try line
Weaknesses – Seen as perhaps a bits and pieces player and lacking in footballing skills when at centre.
Headline(s) – Horgan Solo
Honours in the game – Celtic League 2001, Triple Crown 2004, 2006, 2007
Did you know? – Shane is known by the Irish media and rugby fans as “Shaggy”. As well as rugby, he enjoys surfing. Shane also played Gaelic football when he was younger and in the nineties played on a number of underage Meath football teams. His sister is the comedy actress and writer Sharon Horgan.