Caelan Doris

Caelan Doris (born 2 April 1998) is an Irish rugby union player for Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup side Leinster. He plays as a number 8 or flanker.

Caelan Doris
Date of birth (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998
Place of birthLacken, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight106 kg (16.7 st; 234 lb)
SchoolBlackrock College
UniversityUniversity College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018– Leinster 37 (25)
Correct as of 23 January 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2018 Ireland U20 14 (15)
2020– Ireland 7 (0)
Correct as of 5 December 2020

Early life and education

Doris was born in Lacken, Mayo to Dublin parents.

His first involvement with rugby was with Ballina. He attended boarding school from the age of 12 onwards at Blackrock College in Dublin, where he was a member of the victorious Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup team in 2014 as well as captaining the 2016 side.

Doris currently studies psychology at University College Dublin.

Rugby playing career

Leinster

After leaving school in 2016, Doris spent a year in the Leinster sub-academy before entering the academy in summer 2017. After a series of strong performances captaining the Ireland Under-20s, Doris was promoted two years early to Leinster's senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season, after just one year in the academy, and having made his senior debut the previous season.[1]

Ireland

Doris played for Ireland Under-20s in both 2017 and 2018, captaining them in the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. Despite a poor campaign from Ireland, he was one of the standout players of the tournament.[2] He has 14 Ireland under-20 caps despite being injured for the entire 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship.[3]

Doris received his first call up to the senior Ireland squad for the 2020 Six Nations Championship,[4] and made his debut when he started at number 8 in Ireland's opening fixture against Scotland on 1 February 2020, though a concussion meant that his debut lasted only four minutes.[5]

He has so far played No 8 for Ireland, despite his weight currently being significantly below the weight of the No 8's of the leading world rugby nations.[6]

Honours
Individual
  • Pro14 Young Player of the Year (1): 2019-20
Leinster
  • Pro14 (3): 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20

References
  1. "Senior Players - Leinster Rugby". Leinsterrugby.ie. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. Kinsella, Murray. "'He's definitely got a big future ahead of him' - Leinster excited about Doris". The42.ie. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. "Irish Rugby". Irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. "Six Nations: Johnny Sexton to captain Ireland as Andy Farrell's reign begins". BBC Sport. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. "Six Nations 2020: Ireland win 19-12 against wasteful Scotland". BBC Sport. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. See e.g. Billy Vunipola, Duane Vermeulen, Gregory Alldritt, Kieran Read
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