Birth name | Denis Coulson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Michael's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Coulson (born 13 June 1994) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a prop.
Born in Dublin, Coulson was part of the St Michael's College side that won the 2012 Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup. [1]
Coulson represented Leinster in underage rugby, before accepting an academy contract with French club FC Grenoble in 2014, who were then coached by ex-Leinster player and former St Michael's College head coach Bernard Jackman. He made 39 appearances for the club over three seasons. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
In August 2017, Irish Pro14 side Connacht announced that they had signed Coulson ahead of the 2017–2018 season. [7] Coulson is an ex- Ireland U20 international. [8]