Conor McPhillips

Conor McPhillips
Full name Conor McPhillips
Date of birth (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 85 kilograms (13.4 st)
School Templeogue College
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s) Backs + Attack Coach
Current team Connacht
Playing career
Position Wing / Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2003-2009
2009-2010		 Galwegians
St Mary's College
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003-2009 Connacht 120[1] (160)[1][2]
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1999-2002
2006		 Ireland U21
Ireland A		 4+
2
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2001-2008 Ireland 7's

Conor McPhillips (Irish name: Conchobhar MacPhilib ; born 9 February 1981) is a former Irish rugby union player.

Professional career

He previously played professional rugby for Connacht (between 2003 and 2009), where the highlight was reaching the European Challenge Cup semi final against Harlequins. Conor scored 11 tries in his first season with Connacht making him top try scorer in the 2003 Celtic League (see Magners League). He is Connacht's 2nd top try scorer with 20 tries in the Magners league[3] and joint top try scorer with 12 tries in the European Challenge Cup.[1][4][5][6]

Honours

Conor McPhillips played for Ireland U21's in the 2002 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. He played Sevens rugby for Ireland in the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Argentina & 2008 Hannover Sevens. He was called up to the 2005 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan and he won 2 caps for Ireland Wolfhounds in the 2006 Churchill Cup against England and France.[7]

Coaching

He was player/coach with St Mary's College RFC in Dublin and played scrum-half in the AIB League final defeat to Cork Constitution in 2010.[8] He is currently Video Analyst for Connacht.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Conor McPhillips". Magners League. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Connacht". Ercrugby.com. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Connacht Magners League Player Records". Magners League. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ↑ Erc Amlin Challenge Cup Stats
  5. ↑ "Player Favourites - Conor McPhillips". Galway Independent. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ↑ Irish examiner
  7. ↑ irishrugby.ie news
  8. ↑ AIB League Final Report

External links

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