Mike Ross (rugby union)

Mike Ross

Mike Ross playing for Ireland during the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Birth name	Michael Robert Ross
Date of birth	(1979-12-21) 21 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st; 240 lb)
School	St. Colman's College
University	University College Cork
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) UCC Cork Constitution Clontarf FC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2006 2006–2009 2009–2017 Munster Harlequins Leinster 1 84 151 (0) (0) (10) Correct as of 26 April 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2015 2009–2016 Ireland Wolfhounds Ireland 13 61 (0) (0) Correct as of 25 June 2016

Mike Ross (born 21 December 1979) is a retired Irish rugby union footballer who played prop for Irish club Leinster and the Ireland national rugby team.

He attended St. Colman's College, Fermoy, as a day-boy from 1992 to 1998, and he played his club rugby at this time with Fermoy RFC.^[1] The former UCC and Cork Constitution player made the move from Munster and played for three years at the highest level in England, making his name in the English Premiership with Harlequins.^{[original research?]}

Following a move to Leinster, he featured in a number of Ireland squads and lined out for the Wolfhounds, as well as making his debut for the National team on the 2009 Summer tour to Canada and the USA. Ross later made his Six Nations debut in 2011 against Italy.^[2] Following that, he was a mainstay on the Irish team until 2016. His scrummaging was widely regarded^{[original research?]} as key to Leinster's Heineken Cup & Ireland's World Cup progression to the Quarter Final in 2011.^{[citation needed]}