Jack Daly (rugby union)


Jack Daly is an Irish rugby union player, who is currently a member of the Munster Academy. He plays in the back-row and represents Garryowen in the All-Ireland League.

Early life

Born in Currow, County Kerry, Daly first began playing rugby for Castleisland, and won representation for Munster at under-18, under-19 and under-20/development level, before going on to join Limerick club Garryowen.

Munster

Daly made his first appearance for Munster A in their 2017–18 British and Irish Cup quarter-final defeat against Leinster A on 30 March 2018, and went on the join the Munster academy ahead of the 2018–19 season. He made five appearances for Munster A during the 2018–19 Celtic Cup during his first season in the academy, as well as starting in Munster A's 53–49 defeat against Leinster A in the Cara Cup, hosted in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in April 2019.

Ireland

Having missed out on selection initially, Daly was called up to the Ireland under-20s squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship as a replacement for injured fellow Munsterman Jack O'Sullivan, and he went on to make his debut for the team in their 24–20 defeat against Georgia on 7 June 2018, before going on to start in the loss to Scotland, in which he scored a try, and the win against Japan, as Ireland finished 9th in the tournament.
Daly was selected in the Ireland Sevens squad for 2019 London Sevens in May 2019, his first call-up to the squad. He was retained in the squad for the 2019 Paris Sevens.