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 name	Michael Doneghan
Date of birth	6 May 1991
Place of birth	Linlithgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School	Stewart'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".