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Subscribe to RSS FeedDenis Leamy
Date of birth: 27/11/1981
Position: Number-Eight
Test Caps: 23
Test Debut: 2nd November 2004 v United States
Test Points: 5
Current Club: Munster
Strengths: A powerful driving player with a low centre of gravity, Leamy hits hard and carries hard. Very much an 8 in the flanker mould, an excellent defensive player at the breakdown.
Weaknesses: A lack of inches makes his line-out value questionable and places greater pressure on Wallace and Easterby. Lacks the linking skills
that would normally be associated with the number 8 position. Much more
comfortable in contact than in open spaces.
Likely headline(s): - Denis Menace.
Did you know?: Ireland's most capped junior international, Leamy was an automatic choice for the Ireland Schoolboys side after making his debut against Australian Schools in Ravenhill in December '98. He was in the
Ireland Schools squad that wound up their 2001 summer tour with a 34-22 win
over Australia Schools in Ballymore.
