Kenny Hooks
Kenneth John Hooks is a former Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland.
Early life and education
Born in Markethill, Hooks attended Bangor Grammar School and earned four Irish Schools caps.Career
Hooks, a winger, spent his career with Ards, Bangor, Queen's University and Ulster, while appearing in six Test matches for Ireland national [rugby union team|Ireland]. He debuted against Scotland in the 1981 [Five Nations Championship], then had to wait eight and a half years until his next cap, as a late call up against the 1989 [New Zealand rugby union tour of Canada and the British Isles|1989 visiting All Blacks]. His only Ireland try was the opener in a win over Argentina at Lansdowne Road in 1990, which was the first ever official Test History of rugby union [matches between Argentina and Ireland|between the countries].A teacher by profession, Hooks is a school head at The [Royal School, Armagh]. He was named Ulster Rugby's "Coach of the Year" in 2004, having led the school's rugby XV to the Ulster Schools' Cup title, their first since 1977.