Moss Keane

Maurice Ignatius Keane or ‘Moss’, as he was known to countless rugby fans all over the world, is a sporting legend. Keane is far removed from the caricature of the ‘wild Kerryman’. He is a well educated, complicated, intelligent individual.

Moss was, first and foremost, a successful Gaelic football player. He was capped fifty-two times for his country. He toured New Zealand with The Lions in 1977. Moss won several of the games top honours, yet the giant of a man failed to get on his school Gaelic football team! This man, who would go on to play for Kerry, didn't take up rugby until he was twenty-two!
A highly sociable character, Moss survived hepatitis and a near fatal mugging, numerous stitches including sixteen in his very first cap for Ireland against France. Keane emerged from it all as a homespun humorist and philosopher with his own unique spin on life.

Moss Keane is co-author of Rucks, Mauls and Gaelic Football with Billy Keane.
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