Piers O'Conor
Birth name | Piers O'Conor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 August 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piers O'Conor (born 28 August 1995)
Career
O'Conor took up rugby at Cumnor House School aged 7.[1] He played for several clubs in Sussex, including winning the national U-17s Bowl with Heathfield and Waldron in 2012, before joining Eastbourne College where he was coached by Russell Earnshaw.[3]
O'Conor played for Ireland under-19s in 2013 before signing for Wasps.[1] He made his Wasps debut in November 2014 in the LV Cup against Sale.[3] O'Conor left Wasps in 2017 to join Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship.[4] After one season at Ealing O'Conor moved on to newly promoted Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Piers O'Conor RFU profile". 18 December 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Piers O'Conor ESPN profile". Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Young Gun: Piers O'Conor – Wasps full-back". The Rugby Paper. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Wasps Fullback leaves Ricoh". Coventry Telegraph. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Bristol Rugby sign Ealing Trailfinders trio". Bristol Post. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.