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| Date of birth | 20 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17.0 st; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David McCann (born 20 June 2000) is an Irish rugby union player who plays in the back row for Ulster
He attended Royal Belfast Academical Institution, with whom he won the Ulster Schools' Cup in 2016 and 2017, played club rugby with Banbridge, and joined the Ulster academy ahead of the 2018–19 season.[2] He won Academy Player of the Year in the 2020 Ulster Rugby Awards.[3] He captained Ulster 'A' and the Ireland under-20s.[4] He made his senior debut for Ulster on 2 October 2020 in a 35–24 home victory against Benetton Treviso,[5] and signed a senior contract ahead of the 2020–21 season.[4]
References
- ↑ Playing stats at ItsRugby.co.uk
- ↑ "Irish-qualified Bristol back Hughes among new additions to Ulster academy", The 42, 25 July 2018
- ↑ "John Cooney is named Ulster's Player of the Year as Marcel Coetzee wins hat-trick of awards", BBC Sport, 29 September 2020
- 1 2 "Ulster: David McCann and Ross Kane agree contract extensions", BBC Sport, 3 March 2021
- ↑ "Five-try Ulster see off dogged Benetton". BBC Sport. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links
- Ulster Rugby profile
- United Rugby Championship profile
- David McCann at European Professional Club Rugby
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