Niall Gareth Malone (born 30 April 1971 in Leeds, England)[1] is a former rugby union player who played out-half for Leicester, Worcester, Ulster and Ireland. Having worked as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy and as skills coach for Ulster's senior team, he has been Ulster's head video analyst since 2018.
| Birth name | Niall Gareth Malone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Educated at Methodist College Belfast and Loughborough University, he played for Leicester for six seasons, and won three caps for Ireland.[2] After a spell with Worcester, he signed a contract with Ulster ahead of the 1999–2000 season.[3] He played three season with Ulster before being released in 2002,[4] after which he was appointed Director of Rugby at Bangor Rugby Club.[5] He moved to Instonians as player-coach in 2005.[6] He worked as a schoolteacher at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, also coaching their rugby team. He was appointed as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy in 2008.[2] He signed a contract extension as analyst and skills coach in 2014,[7] and became head video analyst in 2018.[8]
References edit
- ^ Niall Malone player profile Scrum.com
- ^ a b Richard Mulligan, "'Old Hands' are back in the Ravenhill fold", News Letter, 14 August 2008
- ^ Jim Stokes, "Ulster duo coming home", Belfast Telegraph, 6 May 1999
- ^ "Kempson finally signs", BBC Sport, 25 January 2002
- ^ Glenn Patterson, "All-Ireland League is Accies goal", Ulster Herald, 19 September 2002
- ^ Glenn Patterson, "Accies looking for bright start", Ulster Herald, 15 September 2005
- ^ "Management Team Agree Contract Extensions", Ulster Rugby, 18 March 2014
- ^ Gareth Fullerton, "Ulster Rugby confirm Dan Soper as new skills coach", Belfast Live, 4 June 2018