Ian Dowling
{{Short description|Physiotherapist and Ireland dual-code rugby international footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2022}}
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| name = Ian Dowling
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Ian Dowling
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|5}}}}
| birth_place = Kilkenny, Ireland
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| weight = {{convert|93|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}
| teamA = Ireland
| yearAstart = 2004
| appearancesA = 3
| pointsA =
| module = {{Infobox rugby biography | embed = yes
| position = Wing
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 = Kilkenny
| amatteam2 = Shannon
| ru_amupdate =
| years1 = 2005–2011 | clubs1 = Munster
| apps1 = 98 | points1 = 75
| ru_clubupdate = 15 December 2011
| repyears1 = 2009 | repteam1 = Ireland
| repyears2 = 2006–2010 | repteam2 = Ireland Wolfhounds
| repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0
| repcaps2 = 5 | reppoints2 = 15
| ru_ntupdate = 15 December 2011
}}
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Ian Dowling (born 5 October 1982) is an Irish physiotherapist and former rugby union and rugby league player.
Playing career
He played underage and junior club rugby with Kilkenny RFC. He won an All-Ireland League medal with Shannon RFC before joining Munster, with whom he has won two European Rugby Cups both in Cardiff in May 2006 and May 2008. He also has played for the Ireland national rugby league team and Ireland A level. Caretaker Ireland coach Michael Bradley named him in the Ireland squad for the summer 2008 tour to New Zealand and Australia. Dowling played 27 times in the Heineken Cup for Munster, scoring 5 tries. Dowling won his first cap with the Irish International Rugby Union Team on their 2009 summer tour of North America when he lined out against Canada on 23 May 2009.
Dowling announced in April 2011 that he was retiring from rugby, due to a hip injury, after medical consultation.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2011/0405/munster_dowlingi.html |title=Munster's Dowling retires due to injury |date=2011-04-05 |work=RTÉ Sport |access-date=2011-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408010717/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2011/0405/munster_dowlingi.html |archive-date=2011-04-08 }}
"It's been a fabulous experience. I've made some great friends and take with me really great memories, the two Heineken Cup wins obviously the highlights. But besides that, I've had wonderful times with Munster," said Dowling.{{fact|date=January 2022}}
Personal life
Dowling is a qualified physiotherapist by trade. He has worked with the Tipperary senior county footballers.{{cite news|url=https://aib.ie/gaa/blog/2018/05/ian-dowling-you-don-t-know-what-the-ceiling-is-for-the-footballers-in-tipperary|title=Ian Dowling: 'You don't know what the ceiling is for the footballers in Tipperary'|first=Shane|last=Stapleton|date=17 May 2018}}
He is married to the niece of Irish comedian, singer and actress June Rodgers.{{Cite web|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Richard|date=2 June 2015|title=Mid-summer madness and plenty of laughs from June Rodgers|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20334040.html|access-date=30 May 2025|website=The Irish Examiner|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Ian-Dowling/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org]
- [http://munsterrugby.ie/player?PlayGuid=ID418454 Munster profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090608011650/http://www.irishrugby.ie/13394_13785.php?player=9374&includeref=dynamic Ireland profile]
- [http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_wolfhounds.php?player=9374&includeref=dynamic Ireland Wolfhounds profile]
- {{ESPNscrum|27701}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110408163008/http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/8893.php Ian Dowling In Action for Munster Pictures]
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Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen
Category:Ireland international rugby union players
Category:Ireland national rugby league team players
Category:Ireland Wolfhounds international rugby union players
Category:Irish physiotherapists
Category:Irish rugby league players
Category:Irish rugby union players
Category:Munster Rugby players
Category:Rugby league players from County Kilkenny
Category:Rugby union players from County Kilkenny
Category:Tipperary county football team non-playing personnel