Aly Muldowney, Second Row,
born 1983 (Aug 3 - Stafford) Joins Moseley for 2008/09 from Stourbridge.
Played for Staffordshire in the County Championship plate winning team,
scoring a try in the final. A
latecomer to Rugby, Aly previously excelled at football and basketball,
playing for Stoke Steelers in Division Two of the National League.
Joined Stourbridge in 2005 from Stafford (where he won Most Improved
Player and then Player of the Season) after attending King Edward
School, Stafford, and Stafford University Aly works for a charity with
'Child Victims of Crime'.
His performances in 26 games in 2007/08, when it appeared certain that
Stour would win promotion, earned him a place in the Birmingham
Post's "15 of the best", noting that everyone agreed Ali would survive at
a higher level, describing him as "a good size for a second row with an
excellent workrate and decent hands". Included again in the Post's Midlands
Select XV for the 2008/09 season, after successfully fulfilling that
prophecy in his first season with Moseley.
An essential part of the Twickenham Cup
winning team. As Brian Dick said in the Birmingham
Post's Twickenham preview "The
discovery of the season, Muldowney came from Stourbridge with a decent
but unproven reputation as an athletic and mobile lock. Since then he
has put a quiet start and concerns over his conditioning behind him and
has become first choice second row with a good-work rate and nose for
the line. An outstanding ball-carrier."
Height 6'5
Weight 18st 4lb
Programme Profile - Dec 2008 - Alastair Muldowney
 Today’s
locks have to be very big men indeed if they are to fulfil their roles
at the heart of the pack and in the line out and Aly Muldowney is no
exception. At 6ft 5 inches and 19st 8lbs he is the heaviest member of
the First XV squad and fits the bill completely.
Aly joined Moseley from Stourbridge just before the start of this season
and quickly made his mark; he has even scored four tries already! In his
three seasons at Stourton Park he came under the tutelage of Neil
Mitchell, the old Moseley (and Police) lock, who knows more about the
finer arts of playing in the second row than most coaches in the land
and the Moseley side is now reaping the benefit. In his final season at
Stourton, Aly won Stourbridge’s Player of the Season trophy and was
included in Brian Dick’s Birmingham Post ‘Fifteen of the Best’
Somewhat surprisingly Alistair feels that rugby locks, especially those
who specialise in jumping and being lifted high, do have sufficient
protection from the rules of the game and the match officials,
especially since touching a jumper in the air always results in a
penalty and even a card. He also feels that present day lineouts make
great viewing
Alastair was born in Stafford in August 1983. He was educated at King
Edward VI High School, Stafford, and Staffordshire University, where he
read Accountancy. While at school, his principal sporting interests were
football and basketball (playing for Stoke Steelers in Division 2 of the
National League) and it was not until he joined Stafford RFC that he
began to concentrate on rugby. It only took two seasons in the junior
ranks before Stourbridge recognised his potential and he joined them at
the start of season 2005-06. During his time with them) he also played
for Staffordshire in the old County Championship.
After studying accountancy for three years, the prospect of having to
spend three or four more years working towards his professional
qualifications did not appeal to Alastair, who wanted to concentrate on
his rugby. He thus has a less demanding part time job with a charity
‘Child Victims of Crime’ He lives in Newcastle-under-Lyme with his girl
friend Samantha ( better known to her friends as ‘Lucky’), who is a
regular visitor to Billesley Common when Moseley are playing at home.
Aly is also regularly supported by his Father, Kevin, who always has a
pint of cider ready for him at the end of each game!
Aly lists his non-rugby interests as ‘gym and drinking’ One shudders to
think of his capacity to absorb beer, but he is too much the
professional sportsman to let his socialising get out of hand. When he
comes to hang up his boots, however, it is unlikely that he will stay in
the game. Alistair feels that his body will have had enough by then and
that a nice 9-5 desk job will prove overwhelmingly attractive!
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