Stuart McCloskey
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Stuart McCloskey (born 6 August 1992) is an Irish professional
.He has been Ulster's player of the year twice, and has twice been named on the
Early life
He grew up in
Professional career
He made four appearances in the senior team in the 2013-14 season,[6] and was named Academy Player of the Year at the 2014 Ulster Rugby Awards.[7] He played for Emerging Ireland (effectively the third XV of the Irish rugby team) at the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in June 2014.[8] He signed a development contract ahead of the 2014–15 season, during which he made fifteen appearances, including nine starts,[6] and won Ulster's Young Player of the Year award.[9] He was part of the Emerging Ireland team that won the Tbilisi Cup in June 2015.[10]
In 2015–16 he made 23 appearances for Ulster , including 21 starts, scoring four tries[3] and making 186 tackles,[11] won his first senior cap for Ireland against England in the 2016 Six Nations Championship,[12] and was named Ulster's Player of the Year.[13] In 2016–17 he made sixteen appearances, including thirteen starts, and scored two tries for Ulster, and has five caps for Ireland. In 2017–18 season he made 24 appearances, all starts, scored seven tries,[3] and made four try assists, 213 tackles and 14 turnovers.[14] He won his second cap for Ireland against Fiji in the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[15]
In
References
- ^ Ulster Rugby player profile
- ^ "Guinness Six Nations Rugby News".
- ^ a b c d e f g Club playing statistics at Its Rugby.co.uk
- ^ a b c International playing statistics at ItsRugby.co.uk
- ^ "The Ulster depth chart: A World Cup winner and the thrilling back three", The42, 17 September 2021
- ^ a b c Gerry Thornley, "Stuart McCloskey eager to add to his sole Ireland cap", The Irish Times, 28 October 2018
- ^ Richard Mulligan, "Trimble celebrates hat-trick", News Letter, 5 May 2014
- ^ "Emerging Ireland squad named for IRB Nations Cup in Romania". Irish Independent. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Best, Gilroy And Cave Among The Ulster Award Winners", Irish Rugby, 1 May 2015
- ^ "Emerging Ireland Win Tbilisi Cup", Ulster Rugby, 21 June 2015
- ^ Ulster: Season Review 2015 – 2016, The Front Row Union, 23 May 2016
- ^ "Six Nations 2016: Rory Best named as new Ireland captain". BBC. 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Nick Williams Wins The Heineken Ulster Rugby Personality of The Year Award", Ulster Tatler, 13 May 2016
- ^ Ulster Rugby: Who did what 2017-18, The Front Row Union, 25 June 2018
- ^ "Ireland vs Fiji - Commentary - Friendly 2017 - 18 Nov, 2017 - ESPN".
- ^ Ulster Men: Who did what 2018-19, The Front Row Union, 18 July 2019
- ^ Jonathan Bradley, "McCloskey celebrates his 100th cap with crucial score as Ulster bring down Ospreys", Belfast Telegraph, 16 February 2019
- ^ "Guinness PRO14 Dream Team Revealed on Premier Sports & eir sport". GuinnessPro14. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Darren Fullerton, "2019 Ulster Rugby Awards: Retiring captain Rory Best is named Heineken Personality of the Year", Belfast Live, 9 May 2019
- ^ "Awards 2020: Guinness 19/20 Dream Team". GuinnessPro14. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Ulster 2020-21 - Who Did What?, The Front Row Union, 12 August 2021
- ^ Paul Marshall, "Ulster have shown a strong case for the defence in victory over Leinster", Belfast Telegraph, 13 March 2022
- ^ "McCloskey to start in Six Nations Opener", Ulster Rugby, 2 February 2023
