Niall Malone
Birth name | Niall Gareth Malone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 April 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Gareth Malone (born 30 April 1971 in
Educated at Methodist College Belfast and Loughborough University, he played for Leicester for six seasons, and won three caps for Ireland.[2] After a spell with Worcester, he signed a contract with Ulster ahead of the 1999–2000 season.[3] He played three season with Ulster before being released in 2002,[4] after which he was appointed Director of Rugby at Bangor Rugby Club.[5] He moved to Instonians as player-coach in 2005.[6] He worked as a schoolteacher at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, also coaching their rugby team. He was appointed as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy in 2008.[2] He signed a contract extension as analyst and skills coach in 2014,[7] and became head video analyst in 2018.[8]
References
- ^ Niall Malone player profile Scrum.com
- ^ a b Richard Mulligan, "'Old Hands' are back in the Ravenhill fold", News Letter, 14 August 2008
- ^ Jim Stokes, "Ulster duo coming home", Belfast Telegraph, 6 May 1999
- ^ "Kempson finally signs", BBC Sport, 25 January 2002
- ^ Glenn Patterson, "All-Ireland League is Accies goal", Ulster Herald, 19 September 2002
- ^ Glenn Patterson, "Accies looking for bright start", Ulster Herald, 15 September 2005
- ^ "Management Team Agree Contract Extensions", Ulster Rugby, 18 March 2014
- ^ Gareth Fullerton, "Ulster Rugby confirm Dan Soper as new skills coach", Belfast Live, 4 June 2018