About Donal Canniffe
Born 1949. Donal Canniffe is a rugby union player.
Donal Martin Canniffe (born 14 August 1949) is an Irish former rugby union international.
Canniffe, the youngest son of Irish hurler Dan Canniffe, was raised in Cork.
A scrum-half, Canniffe played for Cork Constitution, Munster and Lansdowne. He was capped twice for Ireland in the 1976 Five Nations Championship and was the reserve scrum-half to John Robbie on that year's tour of New Zealand, during which he suffered a tour ending ankle injury. In 1978, he was captain of the Munster side that defeated the All Blacks at Thomond Park, then found out after the match that his father had collapsed at half-time and died.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Donal Canniffe. https://biography.guide/donal-canniffe/
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