John Joseph Moloney

John Joseph Moloney

John Joseph Moloney was born in Limerick on 27 August 1949 and educated at St Mary's College. He worked as a company director and played at scrum-half for St Mary's. He represented Leinster against New Zealand in 1972 and 1974 and captained the province against Argentina in 1978. He also captained Ireland in four of his 27 internationals between 1972 and 1978. He achieved a notable hat-trick of appearances in Four Countries' Matches, playing for Scotland & Ireland against England & Wales in 1970 (at Twickenham), 1972 (Murrayfield) and 1975 (Lansdowne Road). Johnny Moloney toured South Africa with the British Isles in 1974 and scored three tries in eight matches.