James Leslie McInerney (born 23 July 1959) is an Australian former rugby union player.
Full name | James Leslie McInerney | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 July 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | St Joseph's College | ||||||||||||||||
University | University of Sydney University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Raised in Sydney, McInerney attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he had three years with the 1st XV and was team captain in 1978. He played his early first-grade rugby for Sydney University, partnering Nick Farr-Jones in the back row. In 1984, McInerney made his state debut for the Waratahs on a tour of New Zealand.[1]
McInerney won a Wallabies call up for their 1986 tour of New Zealand, playing uncapped matches against Waikato, Buller, South Canterbury, Southland and Thames Valley. He missed three weeks of the tour with a leg injury after Waikato's Richard Loe took a chunk out of McInerney's calf muscle with a stray boot.[1][2]
In 1988, McInerney relocated to Brisbane and began playing for the University of Queensland, from where he was capped three times by Queensland, before a neck injury forced him to retire.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "James Leslie McInerney". Classic Wallabies.
- ^ "Top 10 Bledisloe Cup matches (part two)". The Roar. 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Two more on Qld's injury list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 1988.