Jack Conan
Date of birth | 29 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bray, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (18.0 st; 251 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Gerard's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Conan (born 29 July 1992) is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster Rugby and for Ireland. His preferred position is number 8.
Leinster
Conan made his senior debut in February 2014 against the Cardiff Blues.[1] Conan was dropped from the Leinster senior squad for the 2014/15 season, one year ahead of scheduled completion of the academy.[2] Conan was named man-of-the-match for his performance against Ulster on 3 January 2015,[3] in a game where he led all forwards with 40 meters gained and 8 defenders beaten.[4] On 13 January 2017, Conan scored a hat-trick in the 57-3 win against Montpellier in the European Rugby Champions Cup at the RDS.[5]
Ireland
On 22 January 2015, Conan was one of only two uncapped players included in the extended Ireland rugby squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship. On 13 August 2015, he was named in the Ireland team to face Scotland in a 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match.[6][7]
Ireland
- Six Nations Championship:
- Grand Slam:
- Winner (1): 2018
- Triple Crown:
- Winner (1):2018
References
- ^ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/team/results/squad_leinster_academy.php?player=104774&includeref=dynamic
- ^ http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/11911.php#.U2rQbFcVeN8
- ^ "Madigan inspires Leinster to win over Ulster", ESPN scrum, 3 January 2015.
- ^ Leinster (9) 24 - 11 (6) Ulster, ESPN scrum, 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Hat-trick hero Jack Conan purrs as rampant Leinster maul 14-man Montpellier at the RDS". Irish Independent. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Jack Conan set for debut against Scotland as Ian Madigan and Gordon D'Arcy get chance". Irish Independent. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Schmidt: We didn't learn enough against Wales". Irish Independent. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "All 30 of Ireland's Grand Slam contributors rated - but one man comes out on top". Irish Independent. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
External links
- Living people
- 1992 births
- People educated at St Gerard's School, Bray
- Rugby union players from County Wicklow
- Irish rugby union players
- Old Belvedere R.F.C. players
- Leinster Rugby players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Ireland Wolfhounds international rugby union players
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union flankers