Shaun Foley
Shaun Foley (born 29 August 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian rugby union player and a former member of the National Rugby League's (NRL) Sydney Roosters squad.
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| Born | 29 August 1986 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Foley played in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union team that lost to New Zealand 21-16 in 2004. Foley scored all 16 points for the Australian team.[1]
Foley joined NRL side the Sydney Roosters in 2006, playing 7 games and scoring 6 tries. He scored two tries in the Roosters 40-20 victory over the North Queensland Cowboys. Foley signed with the Roosters until the end of 2008, but suffered from injuries in 2007 and missed most of the 2008 season due to a broken ankle.
After coming off contract in 2008, Foley returned to rugby union with Sydney grade club Randwick, but was called up to the Australian rugby sevens side before his first training session with Randwick.
Notes and references
- "Former Australian Schoolboy star returns to Rugby via Sevens". aru.rugby.com.au.