Birth name | Conor Kearns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Francisco, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Glenstal Abbey School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University |
Trinity College Dublin University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conor Kearns (born March 12, 1993) is an Irish-American rugby union player who last played wing, fullback and fly-half for the San Diego Legion, the USA under-20's and the USA Selects. [3]
Kearns was born in San Francisco to Irish parents originally from Dublin. [4] When Kearns was still a child the family moved to Limerick where he would grow up playing with Old Crescent. [4]
Kearns completed a degree in Molecular Medicine and Immunology at Trinity College and competed with the university's rugby club in the AIL league. [4] He went on to pursue a Master's in Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, where he also played for the rugby club in the famed Varsity match against Cambridge. [4] [5] Kearns captained the team in their 20–10 defeat to Cambridge at Twickenham in 2017. [6] He also took part in their 38–16 victory in the 2018 Varsity Match. [7] Kearns made an appearance for the Munster A side against the Ireland under-20s in April 2016.
Kearns played on the wing in San Diego's 23–26 loss to Seattle in the 2019 Major League Rugby final. [8]
Kearns played five matches for the USA under-20's at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship. [4] Kearns also competed for the Irish Universities team in a 2016 match against an England Students side. [9] Kearns was selected for the All-Americans three match tour of Australia in 2016, where he served as the team's starting fly-half in two of their three matches. [10] [11] [12] Kearns made three appearances for the USA Selects during the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge. [4]