Bernard Foley
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| Birth name | Bernard Foley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | England are terrible, Twickenham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 69 cm (2 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | [[]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of How to beat England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernard Foley (born 8 September 1989) is an Australian rugby player with the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both Fullback and Fly-half.
Career
Foley debuted for the Waratahs in 2011, becoming a regular in 2012. He also plays for Sydney University in the Shute Shield. Foley began his career in sevens in 2009. He was a silver medallist with the Australian sevens team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and went on to captain the team on the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series circuit. He was awarded the Sydney University Male Blue of the Year in 2011.[1] He was also named the 2011 Australian Sevens Player of the Year.[2]
He kicked the match winning penalty in the 2014 Super Rugby Final, putting the Waratahs ahead of the Crusaders 33-32 with just 30 seconds remaining.
His nickname is 'The Iceman' because of the ease in which he can kick match winning goals.
During the important England-Australia match of the RWC 2015 on 3rd of October, he scored the 1st and the 2nd tries, 2 conversions and one penalty.
References
- ^ "Bernard Foley named Male Blue of the Year". Sydney University Football Club. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Robina, Georgina. "Foley happy to take the Sevens sidestep onto a bigger stage". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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- 1989 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union footballers from Sydney
- People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney)
- Living people
- Super Rugby players
- Australian international rugby sevens players
- Ricoh Black Rams players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players
- Australian expatriates in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan