Interview - Michael Hastings
(05 Dec 2007)
Name: Michael Hastings
Date first joined UCD RFC: September, 200
Course studied while at UCD: Business & Legal Studies
Date you graduated from UCD: May 2005
Occupation: Trainee solicitor
School Attended: Wesley College
What are your plans when you leave college: Take up a solicitors apprenticeship in Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Family: one brother, one sister
Playing position: Out-half/centre
Rugby Honours: Represented Irish Universities, Munster U-21
Most memorable moment with UCD RFC: Winning last game last season vs Belfast Harlequins to survive in Division 1
Most memorable rugby moment: Winning inter-pro series with Munster U-21s
The rugby player you most admire/admired: Brian O’Driscoll
What is your poison? A few pints after a game
Pastimes: Golf, travelling
Golf handicap: 16
Should Eddie O'Sullivan stay or go? If he wins the 6 Nations let him stay
What book are you reading at the moment? A Long Long Way, by Sebastian Barry
Favourite movie? Man About Dog
Who is your favourite artist/band/composer? My former UCD team-mate’s band, The Blizzards
You are stranded on a desert island with one other member of UCD RFC. What member would you most like to have on the island with you and why? The human jukebox Conor Geoghegan because he could keep us entertained
What two things would you most like to have with you? A fishing rod and I’d be in the doghouse if I didn’t say my girlfriend, Fiona.
What rule would you ask David Carrigy to get changed in rugby? Make rugby a summer sport
Bertie or Enda? Bertie
Rugby trivia question. Name the captain and the coach of the Irish team for the inaugural Rugby world cup in 1987 Captain: Ciaran Fitzgerald & Coach: Mick Doyle
Who will win the following competitions:
Six nations France
Heineken Cup Munster
AIL division 1: Shannon
Leinster Schools Cup: CBC Monkstown
GAA All Ireland – football/hurling: Kerry, Tipperary
English Premiership: Man Utd
UEFA Champions League: Man Utd
British Open: Ernie Els