Name: Colm Rigney
Date of Birth: 25th April 1980
Place of Birth: Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Nickname: Riggs, Spud, Paddy
Position: Back Row
Height: 6'4"/1.93 m
Weight: 248 lbs/ 112.5 kg
School: St. Mary's C.B.S., Portlaoise
Previous Clubs: Portlaoise and Leeds Tykes
Honours won: Connacht Senior Cup 1999, 2001, 2002. Powergen Cup vs Bath 2005
International Representation: Ireland U25
When joined Connacht: 1999

Favourites

Food: Baked scallops and leftover lasagne
Drink: Diet Coke
Holiday: Thailand
TV Programme: Globe Trekker and the Simpsons
Music: Currently Artic Monkeys and Mundy
Song: Sweet child o mine (Guns n'Roses), shook me all night long (ACDC)
Film: Remember the Titans
Book: The Atlas
Airport: Dublin
Best Away Stadium: Toulouse
Worst Away Stadium: Glasgow or Borders
Non-rugby playing team: Liverpool
Boots: Puma
Sport apart from rugby: Hurling

Least favourite sport and why: Marathon running. Why would ya?
Thing about training: The feeling when something goes really well. It's very satisfying seeing progression and improvements all the time
Worst thing about training: bad weather
If I wasn't involved in rugby I'd be… fat and unemployed
Greatest ambition: to represent Ireland and to win a trophy with Connacht
Last CD bought: New Pearl Jam album
Last book read: The Da Vinci Code
Pets: none
Sporting hero and why: Eric Elwood, he's the most committed and dedicated man I've had the pleasure to play with and befriend. Legend.
Best player in the world at the moment: Richie McCaw
Best thing about being a sportsman: Doing something you love and getting paid for it. Good stories and good friends.
And the worst: Having to retire some day
Funniest moment in rugby: seeing Michael Swift getting knocked out by the ball while playing against him. Thankfully he laughs about it too.
Best moment in rugby: Winning the Powergen Cup with Leeds Tykes and coming home to Connacht.
Biggest fear: dancing
Who did you make your Connacht debut against: Ulster in 1999

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