IT has been announced in the last few minutes that Northampton Saints centre James Downey have signed a two year deal with Munster Rugby. Downey (30) who had a previous stint with Munster (06/07), joined Northampton Saints at the start of the 2007/2008 season and quickly established himself as a regular in their match day squad. In November 2010 he made his 100th appearance for the club and to date has made 135 appearances scoring 12 tries.
A Churchill Cup winner with Ireland in June 2009 he began his career in Leinster before moving to Connacht for two seasons and now returns to Munster on a 2 year contract. Commenting Tony McGahan said: “James is a quality player who has been on our radar for some time now. We’ve seen at first hand, on several occasions in recent times in the Heineken Cup exactly what he has to offer and believe that his style and his attitude can only enhance our squad”
Courtesy of Wikipedia,
James Downey (born 23 March 1981 in Dublin, Ireland) is a rugby union player for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a centre. Previously he played for Calvisano in the Italian Super 10. He had a trial with Munster in 2006 but declined a contract in order to get game time in Italy. He had prior to that played with Connacht for 2 seasons and home province Leinster.[2]
Honours 2006: won Super 10 with Calvisano, 2009: won European Challenge Cup with Northampton Saints and the Churchill Cup with Ireland Wolfhounds
