Con Foley
| Born | Cornelius Foley 19 September 1992 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gregory Terrace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cornelius Foley (born 19 September 1992) is a professional rugby union player. He is currently signed to the New Orleans Gold team in the United States [1] and previously played for Australian sides North Harbour and Brisbane City. His usual position is centre or on the wing.[2] Foley has represented Australia in rugby sevens.[3]
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Brisbane, Foley attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace before playing his senior club rugby for the University of Queensland Rugby Club.[4]
Rugby 7s
[edit | edit source]Con Foley was selected for the Aussie Thunderbolts sevens team at tournaments in Noosa and Samoa before making his international debut at the age of nineteen for Australia 7s at the inaugural 2011 Gold Coast Sevens.[3] He played at the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup, where he scored two tries, and at 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5][6][7] Foley represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] After five full seasons on the World Sevens Series circuit he decided to return to fifteen-a-side rugby, however he did gain a recall to the national sevens team for the Hong Kong tournament in 2018.
Rugby 15s
[edit | edit source]In 2012, Foley was selected for the Australia Under 20 team and toured to South Africa where he played in the Junior World Championship. He focused his career on rugby sevens thereafter until late 2016 when he signed with North Harbour to play in Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC).[9] Foley joined Sydney club Northern Suburbs for the Shute Shield competition in 2017 before returning home to captain University of Queensland for the 2018 Queensland Premier Rugby season.[4] He played NRC with Brisbane City later that year,[2] and signed for the New Orleans Gold ahead of the 2019 Major League Rugby season in the United States.[1]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Shawn Mackay Award 2013 – Australian Sevens Player of the Year [10]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Cornelius Foley at ItsRugby.co.ukLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Con Foley at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Con Foley at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Cornelius Foley at the Australian Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Con Foley at Commonwealth Games AustraliaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Con Foley on InstagramLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in rugby sevens
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
- Male rugby sevens players
- New Orleans Gold players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace