Pat O’Connor (born 7 January 1985) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He has played for the Western Force[1] and the Waratahs[2] in Super Rugby, and for SU Agen[3] in the Top 14. The position he usually plays is lock.[4]
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| Birth name | Patrick O'Connor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 January 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marist College Ashgrove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editO'Connor was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended secondary school at Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane,[4] where he played rugby for the 1st XV. During his final year at Ashgrove in 2002, he was selected to represent Queensland at the Australian Schools Rugby Championships.[5]
Rugby career
editIn 2003, O’Connor was invited to join the Reds Rugby College from the GPS club in Brisbane.[6] He played for the Queensland U19 side in the Trans Tasman Challenge competition in 2003 and 2004.[6][7] In 2005, he signed with the Western Force to be a start-up player for their first season in 2006.[8]
O'Connor made his Super Rugby debut for the Force against the Waratahs on 17 March 2006.[1] Later that year he was selected for the Australian U21 team and the Prime Minister's XV.[4]
At the start of 2007, O'Connor tore a cruciate ligament in the final training run before a trial match against the Crusaders.[4] Five months after the resulting knee surgery, he re-tore the ligament leading to a second reconstruction. As a result, did not play Super Rugby for the Western Force again until 2009.[4]
In the latter part of 2009, O'Connor joined the Northland province in New Zealand, where he played in the ITM Cup for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.[4]
In October 2010, O'Connor signed with the Waratahs.[4] That month, he was selected in the Wallabies training squad for the 2010 Spring Tour.[9] O'Connor was capped 6 times playing for the Waratahs in the 2011 Super Rugby season.[2] He then signed with SU Agen[10] for the 2011–12 Top 14 season in France, where he won 6 caps.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Emirates Western Force Debut & Caps". rugbywa.com.au. 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Waratahs Team Statistics All Time Player List". waratahs.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Club Statistics of Pat O'Connor Top 14 2011–12". rugbyrama.fr. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Pat O'Connor signs with HSBC Waratahs". nswrugby.com.au. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Provisional Queensland Schools teams for ARFSU Novotel National Championships in Sydney". qrfsu.rugbynet.com.au. 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 August 2002. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "QRU Annual Report 2003" (PDF). redsrugby.com.au. pp. 22–24. Archived from the original (PDF 5.4 MB) on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "QRU Annual Report 2004" (PDF 4.0 MB). redsrugby.com.au. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "QRU Annual Report 2005" (PDF). redsrugby.com.au. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF 5.0 MB) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "O'Connor the bolter in Wallabies training squad". rugbynews.co.nz. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Top 14 club signs Waratahs lock". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.