David Humphreys to enter The IRFU Hall of Fame
Humphreys has represented Ireland at every level, beginning is career with London Irish, before returning to Ulster in 98/99 to captiain Ulster to their famous Heineken Cup win in January 1999.
In 2004 he became only the fourth Ulster player to reach 100-caps, and currently has 145 Ulster caps!
At international level ‘Humphs’ is the second most capped out-half with 72 caps and 560 points, making his debut in 1996 and remaining an ever present name on the team sheet until he retired after the 2006 Six Nations Campaign.
On hearing the new Humphreys said:
“I am particularly honored to be accepting this award and joining the former players already inducted into the IRUPA Hall of Fame. This award means an awful lot to me especially as it comes from players I played with and against during my career.”
A qualified solicitor, Humphreys was educated at Ballymena Academy, Queen’s University Belfast and Oxford University.
He received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster in December 2003 for Services to Sport and an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in January 2004, making his full title, Dr David Humphreys MBE.