Mac Grealy

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Mac Grealy
Date of birth (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14 st 0 lb)
SchoolDownlands College Toowoomba
UniversityUniversity of Queensland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–2024 Reds 26 (20)
2024-current Western Force ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Australian Schoolboys Rugby Team

Mac Grealy (born 6 March 2002) [1] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Western Force in the Super Rugby competition. He previously played for the Queensland Reds in the same competition. He signed a two year contract [2] with the Force in October 2024. His playing position is wing or fullback.

Grealy was named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [3] [4] 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. [5]

Reference list

  1. "Mac Grealy". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. Somerford, Ben (28 October 2024). "Force secure signature of outside back Grealy on two-year deal". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced". Rugby.com.au. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. "Blues hang on to beat the Reds at Suncorp". Rugby.com.au. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.


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