Michael Delany (rugby union)
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Full nameMichael Gilbert Delaney
Position(s)
Halfback
Position(s)
Halfback
Years
Team
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Michael Gilbert Delaney (1872 – 1938) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Delaney was educated at Blackrock College, with which he won a Leinster Junior Cup.[1]
A diminutive halfback, Delaney was a mere 5 ft 4 in and 9 stone, but even against his larger opponents was regarded as having a strong defensive game.[1] He joined Bective Rangers in 1892 and formed a halfback partnership with Louis Magee.[1] His only Ireland cap came playing beside Magee in a 1895 Home Nations match against Wales at Cardiff.[2]
Delany became an international rugby referee.[3]