Conor McPhillips
Birth name | Conor McPhillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 9 February 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Templeogue College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conor McPhillips (Irish name: Conchobhar MacPhilib ; born 9 February 1981)[1] is a former rugby union player from Ireland, who currently works as an assistant coach for English Premiership side Bristol Bears. McPhillips spent his professional playing career with Connacht, where he also served as a coach before joining Bristol in 2017.
Playing career
Connacht
McPhillips played professional rugby for
International
McPhillips played for Ireland U21s in the
Coaching career
After the end of his professional career, McPhillips moved to All-Ireland League club St Mary's College in Dublin as a player-coach. He played scrum-half in the defeat to Cork Constitution in the 2010 All-Ireland League final and helped St Mary's College win the 2010 Leinster Senior League title.[11] Following his success With St Mary's, McPhillips returned to his former club Connacht as head of video analysis under head coach Eric Elwood, his former teammate. He continued in this role under Elwood and his successor Pat Lam until the 2015–16 season when he became an assistant to attack coach Andre Bell, though he continued in his previous role of head analyst. With the departure of Bell the following year, McPhillips was promoted to attack coach for the 2016–17 season.[12]
In 2017, McPhillips joined English second-tier club Bristol, where Pat Lam had taken over as head coach. In his first season with the team, they earned promotion to the Premiership.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Conor McPhillips". Magners League. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Connacht". Ercrugby.com. 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Connacht Magners League Player Records". Magners League. 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Erc Amlin Challenge Cup Stats Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Galway Independent. 16 April 2008. Archived from the originalon 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Irish examiner
- ^ Connacht Put In Battling Performance Against 'Boks
- ^ Under 21 Rugby World cup squad announced
- ^ irishrugby.ie news
- ^ former flier ready to hit the heights in world of coaching
- ^ AIB League Final Report
- ^ a b "'I always wanted to play for my country. As a coach, I have aspirations to coach at the highest level too'". The42. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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