| Date of birth | 23 January 2002 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (15.0 st; 209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chay Mullins (born 23 January 2002) is a rugby union player who plays for Connacht Rugby and the Ireland national rugby sevens team.
Born in Bristol, Mullins attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School and graduated from SGS Filton. [3] [4]
Mullins played domestic rugby as part of the Bristol Rugby academy before playing in the Irish Division 2B of the Energia All-Ireland League with Galway Corinthians RFC. [4] In May 2024, he signed professional contract with Connacht Rugby. [5]
Mullins was part of the Irish U20 side that won a grand slam at the 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [4]
In 2022, he joined up with the Ireland national rugby sevens team and was part of the bronze medal-winning squad at the Rugby Sevens World Cup in September 2022 in South Africa. [6] [7]
He continued to be part of the Ireland 7s during the 2023 SVNS series. [8] He was part of the Irish team that won the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series trophy in July 2023, scoring a last minute try against Great Britain in their final match in Hamburg to ensure Ireland finished top of the standings. [9]
In June 2024, he was confirmed in the Ireland 7s squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10] Mullins scored 2 tries in Pool game against Japan and Quarter-Final match against Fiji.
Mullins is eligible to play through Ireland through his grandmother who was from Cavan and his grandfather Richard, who was from County Meath. [4]
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