Birth name | Niall Annett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (16.7 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Methodist College Belfast [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Annett (born 7 May 1991) is an Irish professional rugby union player for Bath, having previously played for Worcester Warriors and Ulster Rugby. [2] His favoured position is hooker. In the 2011 junior Rugby Championships, Annett captained the Ireland U20 team. In 2014, he was called up to the Barbarians squad to play against Leicester Tigers. [3]
On 1 March 2022 Bath Rugby announced that Annett would be joining the club from the start of the 2022/23 season. [4]
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