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Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane (27 July 1948 – 5 October 2010) was a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. ==Life and career== Born at Currow in County Kerry, Keane started out as a Gaelic footballer, playing at college level for University College Cork and in the process winning a number of medals including three Sigerson Cups, one Cork County Championship and a Munster Club Championship, he also played in an All Ireland Club Final. He represented Kerry gaelic footballer's at U-21 and Junior level as a full back, winning Munster Championships at both levels, playing in an All Ireland at Junior level. In 2011 the Kerry County Board name the cup for the winners of the Intermediate Shield after him. He then found rugby through a friend in college, playing for the UCC junior rugby team as 'Moss Fenton', during the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)'s ban on foreign games. He made his international debut for Ireland on 19 January 1974 against France in Paris, a game Ireland lost 9–6 in the 1974 Five Nations Championship. Keane became the third Irish forward after Willie John McBride and Fergus Slattery to reach 50 international appearances. He scored his one and only test try in a 22–15 victory over Scotland in February 1980. He played his 51st and final international against Scotland on 3 March 1984 in Dublin. Ireland lost the match 32–9. Keane was also a part of the famous Munster side that defeated the All Blacks in Thomond Park in 1978, to this day the only Irish team to have done so.〔 〕 He toured New Zealand with Phil Bennett's British and Irish Lions in 1977,〔 making one Test appearance, and was also a key man in Ireland's 1982 Five Nations Championship win and their historic Triple Crown victory in 1982. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moss Keane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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