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Eric Elwood (Eric Paul Elwood) was born on 26 February, 1969 in Galway, Ireland, is an An Ireland international rugby union players. Discover Eric Elwood's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 26 February 1969
Birthday 26 February
Birthplace Galway, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway.

He played as a fly-half.

He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht.

1985

He was on the Coláiste Iognáid team that won the Connacht Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1985.

1989

Elwood made his debut for Connacht against Scottish North & Midland, at inside centre, on 18th September 1989.

He scored the first of his 8 tries for Connacht a month later, 21st October 1989, against Munster in the Sportsground when tries were still only worth 4 points.

He was the first Connacht player to score over 1,000 points for the province.

1990

He split his club career between hometown club Galwegians and Lansdowne in Dublin, starting and finishing his career in Galway, with a stint playing with Lansdowne in the 1990s.

Elwood earned 35 caps for Ireland, scoring 296 points for the side.

He played 168 games for Connacht scoring 1,152 points.

He was the first Connacht player to make 100 appearances for the side, while his points tally remained a record until being surpassed by Jack Carty in 2023.

Elwood also made a single appearance for international invitational side the Barbarians before being capped by Ireland.

After retiring from playing, Elwood went into coaching.

Elwood also played Gaelic Football for Galway appearing in the 1990 Connacht Football Final defeat to Roscommon.

Following retirement from playing for Connacht, Elwood worked as an assistant coach for the province.

1993

Eric also participated in the inaugural 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Murrayfield, where the Ireland Squad reached the semi-final, losing out to eventail runners up Australia.

In 1993, Elwood was called up for the Barbarians invitational side.

He played against at Cardiff Arms Park.

The Barbarians lost the game 12–25, with Elwood scoring all of the team's points, converting four penalties.

1995

He also participated in two Rugby World Cups, in the 1995 tournament which took place in South Africa, and 1999's tournament, in France.

1999

He made his last appearance for Ireland coming on as a substitute in their play-off loss to Argentina at the 1999 World Cup in Lens.

2005

By the time he made his final appearance, against Sale on the 24th of April 2005, Elwood had scored 8 tries, 141 conversions, 7 drop goals and 268 penalties, a total of 1,152 points.

2006

Elwood was coach to the Ireland Under-20 for a time in 2006 and 2007.

2007

He served as assistant coach for Connacht and then as coach of the Ireland under-20 side, where he won a Grand Slam in 2007.

He coached the team to a grand slam in the 2007 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

2009

His number of appearances for Connacht was also the record until November 2009, when Michael Swift overtook him.

When Elwood was first capped for Ireland, he was playing for Lansdowne, but he later returned to Galwegians, the club of his youth.

Elwood played 35 times for Ireland and scored a total of 296 points.

This total places him at number four in the all-time points scorers for Ireland.

Elwood took over from Michael Bradley as director of coaching at Connacht following the end of the 2009–10 season.

The victories came in the home and away ties with newly formed Italian professional team Zebre, along with a victory at home to 2009–10 finalists and 2011–12 Challenge Cup winners Biarritz.

2010

In 2010, he became head coach of Connacht and led the team to the Heineken Cup for the first time.

2011

Elwood was in charge of Connacht for their Heineken Cup appearance in the 2011–12 competition, thanks to Leinster winning the 2011 Heineken Cup Final.

Connacht lost their first five matches in the pool stages, claiming losing bonuses in both of their ties with Gloucester.

In the final game of their pool, however, they managed an upset, beating Harlequins 9–8 in the Galway Sportsgrounds, which prevented the Premiership club from topping the group, and knocked them down into the Amlin Cup.

2012

He held this position until his decision to resign at the end of the 2012–13 season.

He also coached the team in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, with the team winning three of their pool matches.

2015

He has since taken a variety of roles within the provincial set up, taking the role of Domestic Rugby Manager in 2015.

2016

Elwood returned to first team coaching in 2016 when he became kicking coach.

2017

In 2017, he moved roles again when he was appointed head of the Connacht Academy.