Michael McDonald (rugby union)

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Michael McDonald
Date of birth (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth County Louth, Ireland
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Youth career
–2012 Dundalk
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022-2023 City of Armagh 5 (35)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Western Force 1 (0)
2022–2025 Ulster 1 (0)
2023–2024 → Connacht (loan) 8 (0)
Correct as of 16 May 2024
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020 Waratahs 5 (0)
2021–2022 Western Force 6 (11)
2025 Waratahs ()
Correct as of 1 April 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Australia U20 5 (5)
2022 Emerging Ireland 2 (0)

Michael McDonald (born 24 June 1999) [1] is an Irish Australian rugby union player who currently plays for the Waratahs in Super Rugby, on loan from Ulster in the United Rugby Championship (URC). His playing position is scrum-half. He signed to the professional team, the New South Wales Waratahs, in the Super Rugby, for the 2020 season. [2] [3] [4] [5] Ulster announced in July 2022 that McDonald would be joining them on a one-year deal. [6] He was selected for the Emerging Ireland squad for the Toyota Challenge in South Africa in September 2022. [7] In April 2023 it was announced he would move to Connacht on a season-long loan. [8] he returned to Ulster ahead of the 2024-25 season, [9] before signing for the Waratahs as short-term injury cover in March 2025. [10] He left Ulster at the end of the 2024-25 season. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael McDonald". NSW Waratahs. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "NSW Waratahs Squad". NSW Waratahs. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "McDonald and Tizzano join NSW Waratahs" (Press release). NSW Waratahs. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Michael McDonald". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Two Western Force juniors Carlo Tizzano, Michael McDonald to represent Australia". The West Australian. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Irish-qualified McDonald to link-up with Ulster from Western Force". Ulster Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Emerging Ireland Squad Named For Toyota Challenge In Bloemfontein", Irish Rugby, 14 September 2022
  8. ↑ "Declan Moore & Michael McDonald join Connacht", Connacht Rugby, 27 April 2023
  9. ↑ "Departing players & 24/25 squad confirmed", Connacht Rugby, 16 May 2024
  10. ↑ "Langi Gleeson Returns to NSW Waratahs Starting XV for ACT Brumbies Derby", Waratahs Rugby, 19 March 2025
  11. ↑ "Eight players set to leave Ulster at the end of the season", Belfast Telegraph, 22 April 2025
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