Callum Reid (rugby union, born 1999)

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Callum Reid
Date of birth (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Northern Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight117 kg (18.4 st; 258 lb)
School Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021-23 Banbridge 11 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– Ulster 23 (10)
2020Munster (loan) 0 (0)
Correct as of 1 March 2025 [1]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Ireland U20 3 (5)
2022 Emerging Ireland 1 (0)
Correct as of 15 October 2022

Callum Reid (born 16 January 1999) is an Irish rugby union player who plays loosehead prop for United Rugby Championship side Ulster. [2]

He was part of the Ireland under-20 team that won the Grand Slam in the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. He played for Banbridge RFC for a season while in the Ulster sub-academy, and joined the academy ahead of the 2019–20 season. [3] He made his Ulster debut in Round 10 of the 2020–21 Pro14 against Munster, [4] making five appearances from the bench during the 2020–21 season, [1] and spent six weeks on loan with Munster. [5] He signed a development contract ahead of the 2021–22 season, [6] and made another five appearances from the bench, [1] including against the Stormers in Cape Town, when he scored a controversially disallowed try. [7] He was selected for the Emerging Ireland squad for the Toyota Challenge in South Africa in September 2022. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Playing stats at ItsRugby.co.uk
  2. "Callum Reid". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Five New Entrants In Ulster Rugby Academy", Irish Rugby, 20 June 2019
  4. "Ulster 15-10 Munster: Northern province hold off visitors to extend unbeaten run". BBC Sport. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "Munster sign Ulster prop Callum Reid on emergency loan" The 42, 30 October 2020
  6. Future at Ulster for Milasinovich, McIlroy, Reid and Shanahan, Ulster Rugby, 2 February 2021
  7. Jonathan Bradley, "Controversial finish sees Ulster slip to defeat in Cape Town as disallowed Callum Reid try hands Stormers victory", Belfast Telegraph, 26 March 2022
  8. "Emerging Ireland Squad Named For Toyota Challenge In Bloemfontein", Irish Rugby, 14 September 2022