David Blaney

{{for|the American NASCAR driver|Dave Blaney}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = David Blaney | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|102|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | position = Hooker | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = 1997–2006 | years2 = 2006–2010 | clubs1 = Leinster | clubs2 = Bristol Rugby | apps1 = 48 | apps2 = 106 | points1 = | repyears1 = | repteam1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = }}

'''David Blaney''' (born 3 March 1979, Ireland) is a rugby union player who played for Bristol Rugby in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a hooker. He left Bristol at the end of the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Blaney's career with Bristol Rugby is over|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/David-Blaney-s-career-Bristol-Rugby/story-12772360-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915123427/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/David-Blaney-s-career-Bristol-Rugby/story-12772360-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2012|accessdate=6 August 2011|newspaper=Bristol Evening post|date=15 June 2011}}</ref>

Educated in Terenure College, Dublin, he was the winning captain of the 1997 Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup. = References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.guinnesspremiership.com/118_146.php?player=4555&includeref=dynamic Guinness Premiership profile]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420041250/http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/5537.php?player=4555&includeref=dynamic Bristol profile] * [https://archive.today/20130203130947/http://www.statbunker.com/rugby/btb/index.php?PL=player&PlayerID=4729&PlayerCompType=&season=&StatType=&pointsType=&PlayerInClubID= Statbunker profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaney, David}} Category:Living people Category:1979 births Category:Irish rugby union players Category:Bristol Bears players Category:Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Category:Rugby union hookers Category:Leinster Rugby players Category:Irish expatriate rugby union players in England