Scott Fardy
Scott Fardy (born 5 July 1984) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Leinster in the Pro14 & the European Rugby Champions Cup. His playing position is either lock or blindside flanker. He made his Brumbies debut in Week 1 of the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Western Force in Canberra. Prior to joining Brumbies, he played for Japanese Club Kamaishi Seawaves for 3 seasons from 2009.
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Birth name | Scott Fardy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 July 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fardy also played representative baseball for New South Wales until he was 16 years old, playing in the same team as future teammate Rocky Elsom. [4]
He joined the Irish province Leinster at the start of the 2017/18 season and achieved European Champions Cup and PRO14 winners' medals with the province that season.[5] The following season, he played 22 games for the club, including playing in PRO14 final and winning another medal. Leinster lost to Saracens in the European Cup final in that season. He was given a contract extension for another season, and is currently playing in both PRO14 and European Champions Cup competitions. [6]
Super Rugby and Pro14 Statistics
- As of 5 April 2020[7]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2008 | Western Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Brumbies | 16 | 11 | 5 | 981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Brumbies | 14 | 12 | 2 | 984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Brumbies | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1440 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | Brumbies | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | Brumbies | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1226 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
2017/18 | Leinster | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1525 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
2018/19 | Leinster | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1417 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
2019/20 | Leinster | 14 | 12 | 2 | 916 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0[8] |
Total | 140 | 123 | 17 | 9881 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 0 |
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References
- "Scott Fardy". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- "Scott Fardy". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- "Scott Fardy". brumbies.com.au. ACT Brumbies. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- "Scott Fardy". Rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "Leinster move". leinsterrugby.ie. Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "Leinster re-sign Fardy". leinsterrugby.ie. Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- leinsterrugby.ie