Contact the Team at Navy Blue

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Niall Woods

Founder & Managing Director

Ex Leinster, London Irish & Ireland rugby player. Trained Accountant and ex CEO of Rugby Players Ireland. Over 30 years of global sporting experience - 10 years a rugby player, 10 years in player unions & now over 10 years an agent. No one in World Rugby boasts that skill set.

e: niall@navyblue.ie
t: 086 820 4747

Gemma Kenny

Head of Communications

Working in PR since 2004, Gemma has strategised and overseen major campaigns for a number of bluechip companies and top brands. Specialising in building profiles for Navy Blue Sports clients, Gemma brings a wealth of knowledge to the table and tailors her approach to each NBS client, ensuring all commercial opportunities are the perfect fit for our talent and the brands we work with.

e: gemma@navyblue.ie
t: 086 805 0025

Jordi Murphy

Head of Talent & Partnerships

Jordi is a former professional rugby player who played with Leinster, Ulster and Ireland in a career spanning over 12 years. Having recently retired, Jordi has a broad understanding of the day to day challenges facing modern professional athletes as well as experience of dealing with different situations, personalities and environments in the sporting world, leaving him best placed to advise on sports talent development and commercial partnerships.

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e: jordi@navyblue.ie
t: 087 930 6894

Niamh Hickey

Communications Lead

Niamh has almost 20 years’ experience in both agency and in-house PR, working with a variety of consumer and corporate clients. She has worked with Irish and international brands including Three Ireland, leading a team on consumer PR and music and sport sponsorship campaigns, Kellogg’s, Primark, Tesco & Ulster Bank. She has a wealth of PR & communications experience creating impactful and meaningful campaigns for our clients.

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e: niamh@navyblue.ie
t: 086 304 9228

Ronan O'Mahony

Player Agent

Ronan is a former professional rugby player with Munster Rugby so he brings that all important market knowledge of pro rugby having being forced to retire with injury in 2019. Currently Head Coach of Garryowen RFC, he has also coached Munster U’17’s, 18’s & 19’s in the last few years. He has the perfect background to advise players on what it takes to be a professional rugby player.

e: ronan@navyblue.ie
t: 086 169 0968

Fiona Coghlan

Client Services

Captain of the 2013 Grand Slam winning team and of the first Irish national team to beat the Black Ferns in the 2014 WRWC. Fiona was the first woman to commentate on men’s rugby in Ireland for RTÉ Sport as well as working with BT Sport. Fiona was brought on board to grow the client services side of the business and spearhead the Women in Sport division. Fiona brings a consistent high level of client satisfaction for many of the leading women in Irish Sport including Natalya Coyle, Sarah Rowe and Linda Djougang.

e: fiona@navyblue.ie
t: 086 867 5577

Kevin Neary

Non-Executive Director

Entrepreneur, mentor, board chairman, NED, advisor and investor to several companies across sport, technology & property. Founded GameStop Group in 1994, which he built from start up to a market valuation of €100m in 2008. With his proven background, Kevin is perfectly positioned to advise Navy Blue Sports on their strategic direction and growth going forward.

Eoin Brophy

Non-Executive Director

An industry titan, Eoin co-founded Hume Brophy, one of Europe's most successful communications & public affairs agencies. Eoin is an early-stage enterprise investor, and a director of Sporting Liberties, which campaigns for more sports facilities for children in Dublin's South-West Inner City. His vast industry experience, & passion for sports perfectly positions him to advise our business on its strategic direction, growth & offering as Ireland’s only full-service communications, sponsorship & talent management agency.

Contact Us:

Navy Blue Sports
S24 The Pottery,
Pottery Road,
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin,
A96 R678,
Ireland.