Chrissy McKaigue

Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Irish name	Críostóir Mac Thaidhg
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Full Back
Born	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 Derry, Northern Ireland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2006-	Slaughtneil
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Derry titles	1	2
Ulster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2008-	Derry

Christopher "Chrissy" McKaigue (Irish: Críostóir Mac Thaidhg) (born 13 July 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry.

McKaigue is a dual player and plays club football and hurling for Robert Emmet's Slaughtneil. In football he can play as a defender or a forward. He plays as a half forward in hurling.

Personal life

McKaigue is from Slaughtneil. He went to secondary school at St. Pat's College in Maghera.

Football career

Club

McKaigue reached the Derry Senior Football Championship final in 2008 with Slaughtneil, but they were defeated by Ballinderry.

Inter-county

McKaigue was vice-captain of the Derry Minor team that were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county, and lifted the cup as captain.

In 2008 McKaigue reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship final with Derry Under 21s, but they were beaten by Down due to a late goal.^[1] Later that year he was drafted into the Derry Senior panel before the Championship meeting with Monaghan.^[2] He came on as a substitute in that game to make his Derry Senior debut and scored a point.

He was involved from the start of the 2009 season - named in the Dr. McKenna Cup,^[3] National League^[4] and Championship^[5] panels. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.

International rules

He played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series.^[6]^[7]

Australian rules football career

Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Full name	Christopher McKaigue
Date of birth	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989
Original team(s)	Derry (GAA)
Draft	#63, 2010 Rookie Draft, Sydney
Height/Weight	187cm / 84kg
Position(s)	Defender

In September 2009 it was announced that Australian Football League side Sydney Swans had signed McKaigue as an international rookie.^[8] It is anticipated he will play as an attacking defender.^[8]

Honours

Slaughtneil

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2014
Derry Senior Football Championship (1): 2014
Derry Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2013, 2014

References

↑ U-, Ulster (7 April 2008). "Sucker-punch from Kelly denies Derry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
↑ "Derry trio being watched". The Irish News. 15 July 2008.
↑ "New faces in Antrim McKenna squad". BBC Sport Online. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
↑ "Kielt and McKaigue in Derry squad". BBC Sport Online. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
↑ "Derry footballers hit by injuries". BBC Sport Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
↑ "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
1 2 "Swans look to Ireland again, sign McKaigue". AFL official website. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

External links

Derry senior football team – current panel

1 T. Mallon

2 O. Duffy
3 C. McKaigue
4 D. McBride

5 K. Johnston
6 B. Rogers
7 S. L. McGoldrick

8 N. Holly
9 F. Doherty

10 B. Heron
11 M. Lynch
12 E. Lynn

13 D. Heavron
14 E. Bradley
15 C. McFaul

Subs: 24 C. O'Boyle for Heron; 20 T. O'Brien for Lynn

Subs not used: 16 E. McNicholl; 17 L. McGoldrick; 18 A. McAlynn; 19 C. McAtamney; 21 N. McNicholl; 22 C. Murphy; 23 J. Kielt; 25 D. McKinless; 26 N. Loughlin; 27 B. McGilligan; 28 S. Brady

Manager: B. McIver

Selectors: P. McIver; P. Tally

(Team as of 7 June 2015 versus Down)

Derry – 2009 National Football League runners-up

1 B. Gillis 2 K. McGuckin 3 K. McCloy 4 G. O'Kane 19 C. McKaigue 18 B. McGuigan 7 S. L. McGoldrick 8 F. Doherty (c.) 9 J. Diver 10 E. Lynn 11 P. Murphy 12 B. Mullan 13 E. Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley 15 M. Lynch Subs used 22 J. Kielt for Paddy Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley for B. Mullan 25 D. McBride for G. O'Kane 24 S. Bradley for P. Murphy 27 R. Dillon for D. McBride Subs not used 16 S. McGuckin 17 B. Óg McAlary 20 E. Muldoon 21 J. Conway 23 P. Young 26 J. Keenan Patsy Bradley Paul Bradley E. Brown P. Cartin J. Deighan C. Devlin S.M. Lockhart N. McCusker (vice-c.) B. McGoldrick J. O'Kane Manager D. Cassidy Backroom team K. Madden M. O'Connell B. McRory

(Team as 2009 NFL final versus Kerry (26 April 2009))

2010 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Daniel Harris 2. Michael Coad 3. Sam Iles 4. Roland Ah Chee 5. Danny Stanley 6. Michael Newton 7. Robert Hicks 8. Michael Barlow 9. Majak Daw 10. Henry Playfair 11. Lewis Broome 12. Cameron Hitchcock 13. Wayde Skipper 14. Taite Silverlock 15. Jaryd Cachia 16. Mitch Golby 17. Luke Thompson 18. Thomas Hunter 19. Brodie Moles 20. Mark Hutchings 21. Jack Weston

Second round	22. John Meesen 23. Pat Contin 24. Alex Silvagni 25. Matthew Scott 27. Andrew Strijk 28. Daniel Webb 29. Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 30. Ben Howlett 31. Joe Dare 32. Josh Dyson 33. Matthew Wright 34. Jack Carter 35. Andrew Hooper 36. Daniel Archer 37. Ben Johnson

Third round	38. Relton Roberts 40. Ashton Hams 41. Cameron Cloke 42. Michael Johnston (NSWSE) 43. Stewart Crameri 44. Levi Casboult 46. Matthew Jaensch 47. Seamus McNamara 48. Matthew Panos 49. Jarryd Allen 50. James Podsiadly

Fourth round	51. Nicholas Westhoff 53. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 54. Glenn Dawson 55. Marcus Marigliani 56. Simon White 58. Aidan Riley 59. Eddie Prato 60. Leigh Fisher 61. Jesse Stringer

Fifth round	62. Graham Polak 63. Chrissy McKaigue 64. Daniel Bass 65. John Williams 66. Joshua Donaldson 67. Niall McKeever 68. Patrick Rose 69. Tommy Walsh

Sixth round	70. Jamie O'Reilly 71. Nathan Gordon (NSWSE) 72. Jordon Johns (NSWSE) 73. Zach Tuohy 74. Sean Yoshuira (QLDPS) 75. Dylan McNeil 76. Claye Beams 78. Broc McCauley (QLDPS)

Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series

1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley

Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series

1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.