Cian Healy’s longevity continues to impress as he eyes O’Gara’s appearance record

, or Church to his friends and team-mates, but none of those pastimes, no matter how noteworthy, can overshadow his professional sporting life as a phenomenal rugby player.

“People will have quirks and twists in them and that is the fun thing about rugby, it has so many different types of people and they all blend in to make unique squads. Being yourself is important and opening up into a group.” His first start in Europe was away to Castres Olympique at the Stade Pierre Antoine on December 16th, 2008, a week after Leinster had beaten the same opposition 33-3. An injury to Springbok tighthead CJ van der Linde gave Healy the opportunity, as Stan Wright switched from loosehead to tighthead to accommodate the young Irish prop.

Healy’s direct opponents in the knockout stages were his fellow Irish internationals Mike Ross , who would become a team-mate at Leinster, John Hayes , a Lion and Irish legend and the Argentinian-born, Italian colossus, Martin Castrogiovanni. There was very little doubt if any about Healy’s pedigree and potential before, but none afterwards. He was included in the longlist for 2014 European player of the year.

Known for his drop goal process in pre-match warm-ups, perhaps the only thing left for him to achieve in scoring terms is to do so during a match.Healy made his 100th European appearance in Leinster’s 49-14 victory over Gloucester in a pool match at Kingsholm last year. “My love for that competition has grown through involvement rather than watching it and understanding the history through playing. That has become quite important to me. I hold them very highly. drove the hunger. We then expected to be there and that was the standard that was set.

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