Mike Doneghan

Mike Doneghan (born 6 May 1991) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays centre for CSM Baia Mare in Romania.

Mike Doneghan
Birth nameMichael Doneghan
Date of birth (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991
Place of birthLinlithgow, Scotland
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
SchoolStewart's Melville College
Notable relative(s)Ross Doneghan, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
2010-12
2015-16		 Stewart's Melville
Stirling County
A.S. Macon		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008
2008
2010-12
2012-13
2013-15
2016-		 Edinburgh
Gloucester
Glasgow Warriors
Rotherham Titans
London Scottish
CSM Baia Mare		 0
0
0		 (0)
(0)
(0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scotland U18
Scotland U19
Scotland U20

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Doneghan started with Stewart's Melville. He was part of the team that were runners-up in the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup of 2009.[1]

While with Glasgow Warriors, he played with Stirling County.[1]

After playing with London Scottish, Doneghan moved to A.S. Macon in France who were playing in Federale 1 at the time.[2]

Professional career

He played for Edinburgh U18s in 2008.[1]

He moved to Gloucester that same year and was named best player in their summer academy.[1]

He was named in Glasgow Warriors academy as an Elite Development Player in 2010. He stayed at Glasgow till 2012.[1] He played one match for Glasgow Warriors; away to Dundee HSFP in a pre-season match of the 2010-11 season.[3]

He moved to play for Rotherham Titans for one season in 2012-13, who played in the English championship at the time.[2]

He moved to play for London Scottish for two seasons from 2013-15.[2]

In 2016 he moved to play for Romanian side CSM Baia Mare in the CEC Bank Super League, the professional top league of Romania.[4]

International career

Doneghan has came through the age-grades with Scotland; playing for the Scotland U18s, Scotland U19s and Scotland U20s.[2]

He would qualify on residency for the Romania national rugby union team in 2019.

He hoped to represent the Romanian side in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[4] However the Romanian side were expelled from the tournament in 2018 for fielding an ineligible player.[5]

References
  1. "Mike Doneghan".
  2. "MICHAEL DONEGHAN: HAVE BOOTS WILL TRAVEL". 11 October 2016.
  3. "Dundee Hsfp 7 Warriors 71 - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  4. "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com.
  5. Marica, Irina (16 May 2018). "Romania expelled from Rugby World Cup 2019 - Romania Insider".
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