Harry McNulty
Full name | Harry McNulty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bahrain, UAE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rockwell College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University |
Dublin University University of Limerick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry McNulty (born 5 March 1993) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a forward for the Ireland national rugby sevens team. McNulty was part of the national squad in 2016 when Ireland attempted unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.[1] McNulty remained with the Ireland squad in 2017 where he played in the Rugby Europe 2017 Sevens Grand Prix Series. McNulty was Ireland's leading try-scorer at the 2017 Moscow Sevens with six tries.[2][3]
McNulty attended Rockwell College in Tipperary for secondary school where he played with the school team that finished runner-up in the 2010 Munster Senior Cup, and then won the 2011 Munster Senior Cup by defeating Presentation Brothers College.[4] He played with Dublin University, winning the 2012 club sevens competition.[5] He then played for Garryowen. He joined the Munster academy for the 2012-13 season,[6] but left the Munster Academy at the end of the 2013-14 season.[7] McNulty currently plays his club rugby for UCD in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League, under head coach Andy Skehan.[8][9]
In his free time, McNulty has been involved in the Operation Smile charity.[10]
References
- ↑ "Rugby: Bahrain-born Harry McNulty named in Ireland squad", 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "Former Rockwell student is Ireland Rugby 7s try-scoring hero", 6 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ireland Men’s 7s Squad for Rugby Europe Grand Prix Second Round in Lodz, Poland", Sports News Ireland, 8 June 2017.
- ↑ "Former Rockwell student is Ireland Rugby 7s try-scoring hero", The Nationalist, 6 June 2017.
- ↑ Munster Rugby | Academy Squad, Accessed 10-07-2017.
- ↑ "Bahrain born Munster player relishing his training chance against BOD", 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Munster Announce New Academy Recruits", IrishRugby.ie, 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Ulster Bank League round-up: Lansdowne start on right foot", 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ulster Bank League round-up: Clontarf cut loose against Garryowen", Irish Times, 11 March 2017.
- ↑ "Munster rugby player seeking to change lives one smile at a time", The42.ie, 17 February 2014.
- ↑ "Ireland Men's Sevens Squad Finalised For Olympic Repechage". irishrugby.ie. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed For Lodz 7s", IrishRugby.ie, 8 June 2017.