Stuart McCloskey

Stuart McCloskey
Birth name Stuart McCloskey
Date of birth (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992
Place of birth Bangor, Northern Ireland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)[1][2][3][4]
School Bangor Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Ulster
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014- Ulster 38 (44)
Correct as of 6 September 2015
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)

2016		 Emerging Ireland
Ireland		 2
3		 ()
Correct as of 22 November 2017

Stuart McCloskey (born 6 August 1992) is an Irish professional rugby union player for Ulster Rugby.[5] He plays in the centre.

McCloskey attended Bangor Grammar School as a youth before proceeding to the Ulster academy, and made his breakthrough into the Ulster Rugby first team in the 2013-14 season.[6]

International career

McCloskey played for Emerging Ireland (effectively the third XV of the Irish rugby team) at the 2014 IRB Nations Cup.[7]

McCloskey received his first call up to the senior Ireland squad by coach Joe Schmidt on 20 January 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship. On 25 February 2016 he was included in the Ireland starting 15 for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Jared Payne.[8] McCloskey had to wait until November 2017 for his next call up to the Irish team. He was selected for the second test against Fiji in the inside centre berth, and he played the full 80 minutes.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ulsterrugby.com/team/player.php?PlayId=108298#.VpL8TcCLTow
  2. ↑ http://www.ulsterrugby.com/team/player.php?PlayId=108298#.V8jFnD595o4
  3. ↑ http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-31431.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/ireland/squad_profile_master.php?player=108298&includeref=dynamic#bkGA1W3oxBmw1DMJ.97
  5. ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/ireland/rugby/player/216409.html
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  7. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/emerging-ireland-squad-named-for-irb-nations-cup-in-romania-30305751.html
  8. ↑ "Six Nations 2016: Rory Best named as new Ireland captain". BBC. 20 January 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.espn.com/rugby/commentary?gameId=291262&league=289234
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