eoghan hickey (born 29 october 1981 in dublin, ireland) is a former professional rugby union player who played for seven professional clubs throughout four countries. during the 2005–06 celtic league hickey played for leinster, before transferring to munster for the 2006–07 celtic league. prior to this, he played for ucd in the all-ireland league. in 2007 he transferred to london irish on a two-year contract before joining wasps in 2009. in 2010 he returned home to dublin to play with lansdowne in the all ireland league, before joining up with the italian club petrarca padova for the 2011→2012 season. from 2012→2015, hickey played with massy based in south west paris during which time he completed his third university degree.