Trevor Brennan
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| Trevor Brennan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | September 22 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Leixlip, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight | 17 st 5 lbs (110 kg) | ||
| Nickname | Barnhall Bogger | ||
| Occupation(s) | Owner of the bar De Danu in Toulouse | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Second row or Flanker | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 2002-2007 2001-2002 |
Stade Toulousain Barnhall |
98 | (20) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| ????-2001 | Leinster Rugby | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| 1998-2001 | Ireland | 13 | (0) |
Trevor Brennan (born 22 September 1973, Leixlip, Ireland) is a former rugby union player for Leinster Rugby, Stade Toulousain and Ireland; being capped 13 times. He played either in the second row or as a flanker.
Trevor captained St Mary's College RFC to their only AIB League title in 2000. A very physical forward, he was a firm fans' favourite at the south Dublin club. He began his career with Barnhall.
After leaving Leinster for Stade Toulousain, Brennan fell out of favour with the Irish national team.
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[edit] Incident and Retirement
Brennan announced his retirement on March 13th 2007, after an incident during a Toulouse v Ulster match on January 21st, 2007. Brennan jumped into a section of the crowd housing Ulster supporters at the Stade Ernest Wallon and repeatedly struck Ulster fan Patrick Bamford. Trevor alleged afterwards that abuse towards his mother triggered his reaction. In their investigation of the incident European Rugby found no such abuse took place. They found that Brennan was being baited over the standard of the bar he co-owns in Toulouse.
For this attack, he was fined £17,000, ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to Bamford and was banned for life from playing Rugby.[1]
An appeal of this decision was heard in June 2007, before an ERC-appointed, independent appeals committee, where the ban was reduced to a 5-year suspension. It was held that the life ban was 'disproportionate' to the offence. Mr Bamford's recollection of events (and of those around him) are on record and can be found in the Independent Appeal Committee Decision's statement [2]
[edit] Sports Book Award
In 2007 Brennan won the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year Award for his book Heart and Soul. The book, which was written with the assistance of Irish Times journalist Gerry Thornley, depicts Brennan from his time growing up in Leixlip and playing for Barnhall right through to his time at Toulouse where he won two European Cups before his eventual five-year ban from rugby following an altercation with an Ulster fan during a game.
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