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Denis McBride (rugby union)

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Rugby player
Denis McBride
Date of birth (1964-09-09) September 9, 1964 (age 60)
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight199 lb (90 kg; 14.2 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988–1997 Ireland 32 (18)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
1993 1997 Ireland

(William) Denis McBride is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played as an openside wing-forward and earned 32 caps for the Irish national team between 1988 and 1997. He played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team at the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, where Ireland reached the semifinals. He played his club rugby for Malone and provincial rugby for Ulster.

He grew up in Merville Garden Village, Whitehouse, County Antrim in a flat above the shops with his parents and brother Ken and attended Belfast High School. He studied Mechanical Engineering at Queen's University of Belfast and is a Chartered Engineer and a governor of Belfast High School.

References

  1. "William Denis McBride".
  2. "Rugby Union: McBride for Irish: Armstrong faces England". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2011.
  3. "Rugby Union: Ulster lose exiles for Australian test". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2011.
Ireland squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Coach: Murphy
Ireland 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad
Squad
Ireland 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad
Squad
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