Danny Qualter

Danny Qualter
Full name Daniel Qualter
Date of birth 23 January 1992
Place of birth Athlone, Ireland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 116 kilograms (18 st 4 lb)
School Sligo Grammar
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s) Lock
current team Connacht
Playing career
Position Lock, Back Row
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Buccaneers
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013- Connacht 6 (0)
correct as of 11 Feb 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011-12 Ireland u20 16 (0)
correct as of 11 Feb 2015.

Danny Qualter (born 23 January 1992) is a rugby union player from Athlone in Ireland. His primary position is as a lock, though he also plays across the back row. He is the son of Séamus Qualter, former manager of both the Westmeath and Roscommon senior hurling teams, and the grandson of P. J. Qualter, a hurling star with Galway in the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

He plays for the provincial team Connacht Rugby, having been promoted from their academy in 2013. He has played at under-age level internationally for the Ireland U20s. He played in both the 2011 and 2012 U20 Six Nations.[2][3]

References

  1. "A son of former Westmeath hurling manager and current Roscommon boss Seamus Qualter," "Buccs duo named in Ireland U20 team". Westmeath Independent. 1 February 2012.
  2. "GILROY GUIDES IRELAND UNDER-20S TO OPENING WIN". Irish Rugby. 4 February 2011.
  3. "Ireland U20's Named". Munster Rugby. 6 March 2012.