Conor McPhillips

Conor McPhillips

Full name	Conor McPhillips
Date of birth	9 February 1981 (1981-02-09) (age 30)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb)
School	Templeogue College
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s)	Winger/Scrum Half
current team	Monivea Rugby Club
Playing career
Position	Winger/Scrum Half
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009 - present 2003-2009	St. Mary's Galwegians
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003-2009	Connacht	120[1]	0(160,32tr)[1][2]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1999-2002 2001-2008 2006	Ireland U21 Ireland 7's Ireland Wolfhounds	4+ 11 2

Conor McPhillips (Irish name: Conchobhar MacPhilib ; born 2 September 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. ^ ^{a b c} "Conor McPhillips". Magners League. http://www.magnersleague.com/teams/connacht/squad.php?includeref=dynamic&player=4855. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
2. ^ "Connacht". Ercrugby.com. 2009-08-10. http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/connacht.php?section=4. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
3. ^ "Connacht Magners League Player Records". Magners League. 2009-03-04. http://www.magnersleague.com/teams/connacht/records.php. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
4. ^ Erc Amlin Challenge Cup Stats
5. ^ "Player Favourites - Conor McPhillips". Galway Independent. 2008-04-16. http://www.galwayindependent.com/sport/sport/player-favourites-%11-conor-mcphillips/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
6. ^ Irish examiner
7. ^ irishrugby.ie news
8. ^ AIB League Final Report

External links

• Rookie enjoying life in the fast lane Irish Times
• Sprinter McPhillips makes cut
• [1]
• youtube

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Name	Macphillips, Conor
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Date of birth	1981-02-09
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
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