Conor McPhillips

Conor McPhillips
Birth name Conor McPhillips
Date of birth (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981[1]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 85 kg (13.4 st)
School Templeogue College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Assistant Coach
Current team Bristol
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2009
2009–2010		 Galwegians
St Mary's College		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2009 Connacht 120[1] (160)[1][2]
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–2002
2006		 Ireland U21
Ireland A		 4+
2		 ()
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2001–2008 Ireland 7s
Teams coached
Years Team
2009–2010
2005–2016
2016–2017
2017–		 St Mary's College (Player-coach)
Connacht (Analyst)
Connacht (Assistant)
Bristol Bears (Assistant)
Correct as of 16 September 2018

Conor McPhillips (Irish name: Conchobhar MacPhilib ; born 9 February 1981)[1] is a former rugby union player from Ireland, who currently works as an assistant coach for English Premiership side Bristol Bears. McPhillips spent his professional playing career with Connacht, where he also served as a coach before joining Bristol in 2017.

Playing career

Connacht

McPhillips played professional rugby for Connacht from 2003 to 2009, with the highlight being European Challenge Cup semi-finals against Harlequins and Sale Sharks. He scored 11 tries in his first season with Connacht, making him the top scorer in the Celtic League for the season. McPhillips scored a total of 20 tries in the Celtic League and 12 in the European Challenge Cup, which saw him leave as the team's top try scorer though his record was later overtaken by Fionn Carr.[3][1][4][5][6]

International

McPhillips played for Ireland U21s in the 2002 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. He played Sevens rugby for Ireland in the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Argentina and 2008 Hannover Sevens. He was called up to the 2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan and he won 2 caps for the Irish 'A' side in the 2006 Churchill Cup against England and France.[7]

Coaching career

After the end of his professional career, McPhillips moved to All-Ireland League club St Mary's College in Dublin as a player-coach. He coached the side to the 2010 final of the competition and played scrum-half in the defeat to Cork Constitution.[8] Following his success With St Mary's, McPhillips returned to his former club Connacht as head of video analysis under head coach Eric Elwood, his former teammate. He continued in this role under Elwood and his successor Pat Lam until the 2015–16 season when he became an assistant to attack coach Andre Bell, though he continued in his previous role of head analyst. With the departure of Bell the following year, McPhillips was promoted to attack coach for the 2016–17 season.[9]

In 2017, McPhillips joined English second-tier club Bristol, where Pat Lam had taken over as head coach. In his first season with the team, they earned promotion to the Premiership.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Conor McPhillips". Magners League. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Connacht". Ercrugby.com. 2009-08-10. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Connacht Magners League Player Records". Magners League. 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Erc Amlin Challenge Cup Stats Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Player Favourites - Conor McPhillips". Galway Independent. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Irish examiner
  7. ↑ irishrugby.ie news
  8. ↑ AIB League Final Report
  9. 1 2 "'I always wanted to play for my country. As a coach, I have aspirations to coach at the highest level too'". The42. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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