Fergus McFadden

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Fergus McFadden
Date of birth (1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Kilkenny, Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight91 kg (14.3 st; 201 lb)
School Clongowes Wood College
University University College Dublin
Griffith College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Old Belvedere ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2020 Leinster 184 (444)
Correct as of 4 January 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004 Ireland U19 7
2005–2006 Ireland U21 9
2007–2014 Ireland A 12 (36)
2011–2018 Ireland 34 (50)
Correct as of 27 March 2020

Fergus McFadden (17 June 1986) is a retired professional rugby union player who played for Leinster & Ireland. He played both as a centre and on the wing.

Contents

Career

Early career

McFadden started playing rugby as a boy when he played mini rugby with Cill Dara RFC in Kildare in the mid 1990s. He then went on to play at Clongowes Wood College. [1]

McFadden was awarded university colours on 17 November 2006 when he played for University College Dublin against Trinity College Dublin in the 55th Colours Match. [2]

Leinster

He made his Celtic League debut for Leinster versus Cardiff Blues at Arms Park on 28 September 2007. [3] McFadden won the Celtic League in 2008 and the Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2011 2012 and 2018. In total he made 184 appearances for Leinster, scoring 444 points and 29 tries. [4]

On 4 May 2020 he announced his retirement from Rugby. His contract with Leinster was due to expire at the end of the 2020 season, which was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[ citation needed ]

Ireland

McFadden played with the Ireland A's in Denver, Colorado in the 2009 Churchill Cup. McFadden scored two tries in Ireland's victory over Georgia and kicked the conversion for one of those tries on 14 June 2009 at Infinity Park. [5] In January 2011, McFadden was named in the starting team to play against Italy in the opening weekend of the 2011 Six Nations Championship, where he won his first cap. [6] McFadden won his second cap starting against France in the same tournament, scoring his first try for Ireland in the process. [7] On 8 June 2013, McFadden won his tenth cap starting against USA in the Irish tour to North America. Ireland won the game 15–12. [8] On 15 June 2013, McFadden started against Canada scoring a hat-trick. [9] Up to the end of 2018 he had won 34 Irish caps in which he had scored 50 points and 10 tries. [10]

Honours

Leinster

Ireland Wolfhounds

Ireland

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References

  1. ↑ "From Cill Dara Cub to Irish debut". Leinster Rugby. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Big Match Annual Colours 2006". University College Dublin. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Blues 19-30 Leinster". BBC. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fergus McFadden". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ireland A win Churchill Cup..." Leinster Rugby. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "McFadden, Fitzgerald and O'Leary in Ireland XV". RTÉ Sport. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Six Nations Match Report – Ireland vs France, 2011". RBS Six Nations. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Young Ireland team keeps USA at bay". Irish Times. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "'Hat-trick hero' Fergus McFadden seals huge Irish win over Canada". Irish Independent. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Fergus McFadden". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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