Harry McNulty

Harry McNulty
Birth name Harry McNulty
Date of birth (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993
Place of birth Bahrain, UAE
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
School Rockwell College
University Dublin University
University of Limerick
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012-14
2014-
2015-15		 Munster Academy
UCD
Univ. of Queensland		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016- Ireland 7s ()

Harry McNulty (born 5 March 1993) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a forward for the Ireland national rugby sevens team. McNulty was part of the national squad in 2016 when Ireland attempted unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.[1] McNulty remained with the Ireland squad in 2017 where he played in the Rugby Europe 2017 Sevens Grand Prix Series. McNulty was Ireland's leading try-scorer at the 2017 Moscow Sevens with six tries.[2][3]

McNulty attended Rockwell College in Tipperary for secondary school where he played with the school team that finished runner-up in the 2010 Munster Senior Cup, and then won the 2011 Munster Senior Cup by defeating Presentation Brothers College.[4] He played with Dublin University, winning the 2012 club sevens competition.[5] He then played for Garryowen. He joined the Munster academy for the 2012-13 season,[6] but left the Munster Academy at the end of the 2013-14 season.[7] McNulty currently plays his club rugby for UCD in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League, under head coach Andy Skehan.[8][9]

In his free time, McNulty has been involved in the Operation Smile charity.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby: Bahrain-born Harry McNulty named in Ireland squad", 5 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Former Rockwell student is Ireland Rugby 7s try-scoring hero", 6 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ireland Men’s 7s Squad for Rugby Europe Grand Prix Second Round in Lodz, Poland", Sports News Ireland, 8 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Former Rockwell student is Ireland Rugby 7s try-scoring hero", The Nationalist, 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Munster Rugby | Academy Squad, Accessed 10-07-2017.
  6. ↑ "Bahrain born Munster player relishing his training chance against BOD", 12 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Munster Announce New Academy Recruits", IrishRugby.ie, 15 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ulster Bank League round-up: Lansdowne start on right foot", 18 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ulster Bank League round-up: Clontarf cut loose against Garryowen", Irish Times, 11 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Munster rugby player seeking to change lives one smile at a time", The42.ie, 17 February 2014.
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