# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-herring
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:40:08.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-herring"
name: "Rob Herring"
slug: "rob-herring"
description: "Robert Patrick Herring is a professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Ulster. Born in South Africa, he represents Ireland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. He is Ulster's record appearance holder."
tagline: "South African-Irish rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rob_Herring_2021.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1990-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.881606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Herring_(rugby_union)"
    title: "Rob Herring (rugby union)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "روب هيرنغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Herring"
    title: "Rob Herring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ロブ・ハーリング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Herring"
    title: "Rob Herring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Herring"
    title: "Rob Herring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16233222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump