Mick Molloy

Michael "Mick" Molloy (born 11 July 1966 in Canberra) is an Australian comedian, writer, producer and actor who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He is on the Triple M Melbourne's breakfast show The Hot Breakfast and the Seven Network's one-hour AFL preview show on Saturday night during the football season.

Biography

Early years

Molloy grew up in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) before moving to Melbourne in the mid-1980s to study performing arts at the University of Melbourne, where he wrote and performed in his first live act in 1987. He attended The Peninsula School during his secondary/high school period. It was during Molloy's time at university that he met the Australian comedy troupe, The D-Generation (the future cast of The Late Show), that consisted of members who would later form Working Dog Productions; Molloy would also collaborate with members on several projects.

Television

Mick Molloy (rugby)

Michael Gabriel "Mick" Molloy (born 27 September 1944) is an Irish former rugby union player. Molloy played lock for the Ireland national rugby union team, earning 27 caps from 1966 to 1973. Molloy debuted for Ireland on 29 January 1966 against France. Molloy played on Ireland's 1967 tour of Australia and Ireland's 1970 tour of Argentina. Molloy considers his career highlight to be Ireland's 15–8 win against Australia before a crowd of 54,000 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Ireland in 1967. Molly played most of his international matches between 1967 and 1971, with Molloy falling out of favor with team selectors, and only playing two international matches after that.

Molloy is originally from Cornamona, Galway. Molloy played his club rugby for University College Galway RFC while he was a medical student there. Molloy moved to England to further his medical career, where he played his club rugby with the London Irish.

IRB Medical Officer

Molloy returned to live and work in Ireland. He served as the Ireland team doctor and as the medical advisor to the Irish Rugby Union.