Harley Fox

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Harley Fox
Date of birth (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School St Edmund's College, Ipswich
Anglican Church Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Connacht
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2017
2017–2018		 Melbourne Rebels Rising
Connacht 		5
2		 (5)
(0)
Correct as of 11 Sept 2017

Harley Fox (born 13 January 1996) is an Australian rugby union player. He has played in the blindside flanker and number 8 positions for the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competitions [1] and for Irish club Connacht in the European United Rugby Championship competition. [2]

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Early life

Fox grew up in Ipswich, Queensland playing rugby league for the local Brothers club as a junior and attending primary school at Raceview State School. Fox represented Queensland in both rugby league and rugby union at under 16 and under 18 age levels. [3]

Fox attended St Edmund’s College in Ipswich, where he played a variety of sports, including cricket and baseball. Fox transferred to Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane to take up a rugby union scholarship, where he was coached and mentored by future Queensland Reds under 20s coach Jason Gilmore. [3] In September 2014, he was named captain of the Australian Schoolboys team, with the rapidity of his success in switching codes being described as "remarkable". [4] [5] He led the Australian Schholboys team on a tour to Wellington, New Zealand in September and October 2014, [5] which featured a 50–15 win over the Fiji Schoolboys team. [3]

Professional career

Queensland Reds

Fox received a contract for the Queensland Reds and the Australian Rugby Union under-20 program for the 2015 season. [3] He was named in the Queensland under-20 representative squad for the national championships in March 2015. [6]

Melbourne Rebels

In October 2015, Fox was signed by the Melbourne Rebels to their extended squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season. [7]

Connacht Rugby

In September 2017, Irish Pro14 side Connacht announced that Fox would be joining its three-year academy program ahead of the 2017–18 season. [8] Fox was not an Irish national, but having signed ahead of changes to the World Rugby regulations around international qualification, which come into effect in the 2018–19 season, Fox would be eligible to represent Ireland after three years of residency. [9]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 6 November 2017 [10]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2016 Rebels 00000000000
2017 Rebels 00000000000
Total00000000000

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References

  1. ↑ "Players - Melbourne Rebels" . Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Fallon, John. "IRFU's Fox hunt pays dividends as Australian youngster set to sign with Connacht". The42.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Buchan, Jay (20 October 2014). "Fox on run for more rep duty". Queensland Times . Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Heslehurst, Brayden (14 October 2014). "Churchie student Harley Fox realises childhood dream of captaining an Australian football team". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Queenslander Harley Fox named as Australian Schools captain". Queensland Reds. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Reds Under-20s squad named ahead of National Championships". Queensland Reds. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Ward, Roy (28 October 2015). "Melbourne Rebels bolster squad with four Super Rugby signings". The Age . Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Connacht Rugby confirm Academy Squad for 2017/18 Season". www.connachtrugby.ie. Conancht Rugby. 11 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "World Rugby announces historic eligibility regulation reform". World Rugby. 10 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.


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