Date of birth | 9 September 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Carlow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (16.4 st; 229 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Clongowes Wood College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Ed Byrne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryan Byrne (born 9 September 1993) is an Irish rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons.
Byrne started playing rugby at the early age of 6 with his local club Carlow RFC. He went onto secondary school at Clongowes Wood College. During this time he won the coveted Junior/Senior Cups, and caught the eye of both Leinster and Ireland where he won caps over a 4 year period U17s, U18s, U19s and U20s. His preferred position is hooker. His senior debut for Leinster was September 2014 against Glasgow Warriors[1][2]