Rory Beggan

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Rory Beggan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Goalkeeper
Born Scotstown, County Monaghan, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
2011–
 Scotstown
Club titles
Monaghan titles 8
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2011-Present
 Monaghan 57 (0-69)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 22 June 2024.

Rory Beggan is an Irish Gaelic footballer for the Monaghan county team. [1] Beggan won an All-Star award in November 2018. [2] In January 2024, Beggan began training in American football as part of the NFL.

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History

Beggan plays his club Gaelic football for Scotstown GAA. [3] Beggan was first called up to play inter-county football for Monaghan in 2011 by Eamon McEneaney. [4] Whilst playing county football, he gained a reputation as a goalkeeper with a long kick and was able to score points from inside his own half. Later he was designated as Monaghan's free kick taker. Keen to practice his free kicks, in 2018 he disguised himself as a member of the backroom team in order to get more practice time with Queen's University Belfast's minors team in Northern Ireland. [5]

Between 2011 and 2018, he had scored 0-43 points, the joint highest for a goalkeeper. [4] Beggan's style of play has been viewed as an evolution of the goalkeeper position being more involved in attacking and scoring moves as ten years prior to 2019, there had been no points scored by any goalkeeper in All-Ireland competition. [4] In 2018, he was named as an All-Ireland All-Star, despite missing a last minute scoring attempt against Tyrone in the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals. [6] He was invited to travel to Philadelphia with the rest of the All-Stars but declined in favour of playing for Scotstown in their Ulster Senior Club Football Championship semi-final. [7]

In January 2024, Beggan began training in American football as part of the NFL's International Player Pathway Program. [8]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 July 2023

TeamYear National League Ulster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Monaghan 2011---
2012 Division 2 ---
2013 Division 1 30-0210-0040-02
201440-1120-0160-12
201530-0110-0040-01
201630-0310-0140-04
201730-0340-0270-05
201820-0470-1490-18
201910-0220-0330-05
202010-01-10-01
202130-05-30-05
202220-0210-0030-02
202320-0260-0780-09
Career total270-36250-28520-64

Honours

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  2. 1 2 "Donnchadh Boyle: 'It's an imperfect All Stars team and an imperfect system - but it's the best we have'". Irish Independent. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Farrell, Sinead (3 August 2018). "'He's moving his game on to a new level. Not every team has a weapon like him from free-kicks'". The42.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Watters, Andy (24 December 2019). "Like all Monaghan players Rory Beggan has to start from scratch". The Irish News. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Kiely, Ben (21 May 2018). "Rory Beggan pulled a very sly trick on Monaghan minors to get some extra free kick training in". SportsJOE.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Conor McManus: No need for Rory Beggan to apologise". Irish Times. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "My club comes before a GAA All-Stars trip". Irish News. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Johns, Nathan (18 January 2024). "Rory Beggan confirmed as one of four Irish athletes to trial for NFL". The Irish Times . Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Crafty Crossmaglen Rangers survive Scotstown scare". Irish Examiner . 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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