FORWARDS
GARETH MCMURRAY
POSITION: Centre/flanker
YEARS AT CLUB: 13
DEBUT GAME: Ballyshannon
HOBBIES: Cooking
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: My first game for the firsts against Ballyshannon
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Johnny Cash.......Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall..........Richard Pryor
DAVID CORRIGAN
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DANIEL GILDEA
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ADRIAN HERATY
POSITION: 2nd row or flanker
YEARS AT CLUB: 14
DEBUT GAME: Haven’t a clue
HOBBIES: Motorbikes
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: American trip
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Michael Collins,ROG,Gerry Adams
POSITION: All of them.. twice
YEARS AT CLUB: 11
DEBUT GAME: Ballinahinch
HOBBIES: Restoring vintage cars/ tractors farming too
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Brothers v others charity match
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Elvis James hunt and Jesus
COLTON FRIEL
TOM BARKER
POSITION: Back Row
YEARS AT CLUB: 1
DEBUT GAME: Limavady
HOBBIES: Surfing, Hiking and Family Time
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Running one of Gareth’s (The Gaffer) training ground plays from inside our own half and, scoring a 70m try off the back of a line out with a couple of hand offs for good measure.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
David Attenborough, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Lawes
KIERAN DALY
POSITION: everywhere in the forwards
YEARS AT CLUB: 20
DEBUT GAME: Can’t remember
HOBBIES: Golf, GAA, Soccer
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Have fond memories from the youth days
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Tiger woods, Jonah Lomu, John Daly the golfer
POSITION: Where ever I'm needed
YEARS AT CLUB: 10
DEBUT GAME: Enniskillen 3s
HOBBIES: Stirring the pot and driving
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Every drunken bus trip that I don't remember
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
My wife and kids
CIARAN ‘The Big Ticket’ DONAGHY
ALAN BUSHELL
POSITION: Front row
YEARS AT CLUB: 4
DEBUT GAME: Rainey Old Boys
HOBBIES: Playing guitar, going to gigs, chess
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Any of Rian's tackles
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Dan Carlin, Bob Dylan, Brian Cox
DAVID ONEILL
POSITION: Forward
YEARS AT CLUB: On and off 20 years
DEBUT GAME: Letterkenny
HOBBIES: Doing up cars
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: I can remember there been lots
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Paul o connell John hayes Ronan
CARL MCCARRY
POSITION: Back row
YEARS AT CLUB: 3
DEBUT GAME: Dungannon u16
HOBBIES: Powerlifting
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Breaking my leg, (free Entonox)
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Andrew Tate, Michael Scott, Borat
GERRY CURTIS
POSITION: Hooker
YEARS AT CLUB: 1st Season
DEBUT GAME: N/A
HOBBIES: Football, Motorbikes, Cars and quality family time.
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Good memories to be made over the coming season.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Good memories to be made over the coming season.
LUKE FOY
POSITION: Hooker
YEARS AT CLUB: 6
DEBUT GAME: Virgina
HOBBIES: Farming and rowing
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Winning the u18 shield against city of derry
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
And and dec and Caleb from clarkson farm
SHANE GILLESPIE
POSITION: No. 7 openside flanker
YEARS AT CLUB: 20
DEBUT GAME: Inishowen
HOBBIES: Cinema and DIY
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Beating Monaghan first game of the season after a long injury layoff.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Peter o Mahony, Harrison Ford and Neil deGrasse Tyson
JAMES ‘MCGINGLE’ MCGONIGLE
POSITION: Forward/ Hooker
YEARS AT CLUB: 1
DEBUT GAME: Friendly vs Letterkenny
HOBBIES: Golf/ Watching any other sport
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Broomstick drinking game after a few home games
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Elvis Presley, Kevin Bridges, Tiger Woods
SIMON ‘FOZZIE’ FOSTER
POSITION: 2nd row
YEARS AT CLUB: 1
DEBUT GAME: Inishowen
HOBBIES: Classic cars.
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Watching my son debut for the seniors
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Robin Williams. Jonny Wilkinson, Peter Kay
KIERAN ‘CUB’ DALY
POSITION: Prop
YEARS AT CLUB: 1
DEBUT GAME: Rainey old boys
HOBBIES: Hurling
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Bus journeys mad craic
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Peter o Mahony Sean o brien Tadgh furlong
BEN BEDNALL
POSITION: Second row
YEARS AT CLUB: 1
DEBUT GAME: Strabanne
HOBBIES: Walking the dog
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Still making them.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Richard Branson, Bruce Springsteen and Lee Evans
FIACHRA JOYCE
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KEVIN MCGINTY
POSITION: 1-3
YEARS AT CLUB: 23/24 Yrs
DEBUT GAME: Home game against Cavan with the 2nds
HOBBIES: Socialising, Football, Swimming, All sports, Classic Cars, Cars
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Winning the League with the 2nds Team Captained by Kevin Sinclair in the early Noughties. Great times
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Peter O Mahoney, Chris Martin & Denzel Washington
DAIRE GALLAGHER
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SHAUN MAHON
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CORMAC ‘GALLAGHER’ GALLAGHER
POSITION: 4,5,6,7,8
YEARS AT CLUB: 16 ON AND OFF
DEBUT GAME: Limavady
HOBBIES: Interpretive dance
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Bearing 4 opponents and scoring a try, there may have been a pirouette involved
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Dave Chapel, Michael D, Luke kelly
LAURIE MCCAUGHIN
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ERNAN CASSIDY
POSITION: Hooker, Flanker, Full Back, Sin Bin
YEARS AT CLUB: A lot!
DEBUT GAME: unsure
HOBBIES: pool, darts, fishing, hunting and hurling
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: narrowly missing out on a hatrick when we demolished the Ballyshannon at the Holmes.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Jimmy Brogan, lance and Eamon Freil
CALLUM ‘PANDA’ GALLAGHER
POSITION: Fowards/Prop
YEARS AT CLUB: Debut Season
DEBUT GAME: N/A
HOBBIES: Surfing, reading, going to gigs and going on adventures
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Looking forward to making some.
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY:
Micheal D Higgins dogs, George Carlin and Betty White
JIMMY BROGAN
POSITION: Back Row
AGE: 21 ish
YEARS AT CLUB: 28
DEBUT GAME: Coleraine. Result was 3-0 to Coleraine
HOBBIES: Farming
FAVOURITE DTRFC MEMORY: Getting on the bus for my first game for the club. Everything since been sort of memorable and winning the league in Derry in 1999
ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY: Mícheál Collins, Roy Keane and Ronan Ó Gara.