Mac Grealy

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Mac Grealy
Full nameMaconal Grealy
Date of birth (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14 st 0 lb)
School Downlands College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Wing
Youth career
Souths Kookaburras Toowoomba
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
University of Queensland [1] ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–2024 Reds 29 (0)
2025– Western Force 14 (30)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Australian Schoolboys
2022 Australia U20 3 (10)

Maconal Grealy (born 6 March 2002) [2] known as Mac, is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Western Force in the Super Rugby. He previously played for the Queensland Reds in the same competition, making his professional debut for the team in the 2021 Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition. His playing position is wing or fullback.

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Career

Grealy was born in Toowoomba in Queensland's Darling Downs region, Australia. [3] He attended Downlands College and played junior rugby for the Souths Kookaburras Toowoomba. [3]

Grealy was part of the Downlands College first XV and represented for the Australian Schoolboys team. His first professional contract had him named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [4] [5] He made his debut for the Reds in Round 4 of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition against the Blues, starting at fullback as a late replacement for Bryce Hegarty. [6]

He signed a two-year contract with the Perth-based, Super Rugby rivals, the Western Force, in October 2024. [7] He made his debut for the team in the first round of the 2025 season against the Moana Pasifika, starting at fullback. [8] Grealy scored a try in the Force's one-point home victory. [9] Grealy went on to play in every fixture for the Force in 2025. [10] Between rounds twelve and fourteen, Grealy was moved from his usual position of fullback (No. 15) to the left wing (No. 11) to make way for Kurtley Beale at fullback, whom returned from an achilles tendon injury. [11] [12] Overall, Grealy's 2025 season was one of his best to date, scoring six tries, [10] the third-highest for the team.

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Rugby Union | 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). cloudfront.net. Queensland Rugby Union. p. 41.
  2. ↑ "Mac Grealy". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Tucker, Jim (27 October 2023). "Mac Grealy re-signs, Louis Werchon signs with the Queensland Reds". reds.rugby. Queensland Rugby Union.
  4. ↑ "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced". Rugby.com.au. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Blues hang on to beat the Reds at Suncorp". Rugby.com.au . 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Somerford, Ben (28 October 2024). "Force secure signature of outside back Grealy on two-year deal". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Doran, Christy (15 February 2025). "Donaldson sinks Moana Pasifika with 75-metre match-winning try after 26 phases as Force steal incredible win". The Roar .
  9. ↑ Taylor, Nick (15 February 2025). "Last-gasp Donaldson try clinches thrilling first-up Force victory over Moana". westerforce.rugby.
  10. 1 2 "Mac Grealy: Stats – All Rugby". All Rugby.
  11. ↑ Morton, Finn (1 May 2025). "'Every week's a biggie': Coach backs Beale in return from long-term injury". RugbyPass .
  12. ↑ Taylor, Nick (8 May 2025). "Cron points to 'layers of focus and urgency' for critical Brumbies clash". westernforce.rugby.
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