Liam McNamara (born 9 February 1997 in Australia) is an international rugby union player. His playing position is wing or full back.[1]

Liam McNamara
Date of birth (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birthAustralia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Full Back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Sunnybank Rugby ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-17 Queensland Country 6 (5)
2019-20 Brisbane City 17 (35)
2023- Cork Constitution 4 (5)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019 Reds ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020-22 Ayrshire Bulls 18 (14)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 Australia U20s 10 (5)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016-19
2023–
Australia 7s
Ireland 7s
69
2
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Ireland
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team competition

Rugby union career

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Amateur career

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McNamara began his career playing for Sunnybank Rugby, and returned to playing there after injury.[2]

Professional career

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He played for Queensland Country in the 2016–17 season. He also played for Brisbane City in the 2019–20 season. He was named in the Queensland Reds squad for week 15 in 2019.[3] After injuring his ACL he undertook rehabilitation and then played for Sunnybank to regain his fitness.[2]

He moved to Scotland in 2021 to play for the Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6.[4] As a reward for his good form he was selected to play in a Glasgow Warriors – Edinburgh rugby fixture at the end of the 2021–22 season. This was a friendly match, picking the best players from the Super 6, to see if they could make the step up to the Scottish United Rugby Championship sides. As McNamara played for Ayrshire Bulls in the Glasgow's side catchment, he turned out for Glasgow Warriors.

International career

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McNamara played for Australia U20s in 2016.[5] He was capped by the Australia 7s side in 2016 and played with the 7s side through to 2019.[5]

After a three-year break from international rugby, McNamara began playing for the Ireland national rugby sevens team in 2023. He qualifies for Ireland through his father, who was born in Dublin, Ireland.

References

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  1. ^ "Liam McNamara". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b "Premier Rugby: McNamara winning fitness battle and showing Sunnybank the way". 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ "ST.GEORGE QUEENSLAND REDS ANNOUNCE ROUND 15 TEAM AGAINST CHIEFS IN HAMILTON" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Reaction - Still Work to do Insists Horne". 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Liam MCNAMARA - Player statistics - international stats - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
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