Gregg McNally

Gregg McNally (born 2 January 1991) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer plays as a fullback for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. He has played at representative level for England (Academy, 2008 tour of Australia) he started his career at Kells, and at club level for Whitehaven (three spells, including the second during 2009, and the third during 2010 on loan from Huddersfield Giants), the Huddersfield Giants, Oldham (Heritage №) (dual registration), the Barrow Raiders (loan), the Leigh Centurions (Heritage № 1350) (two spells), and in the Betfred Championship for the Bradford Bulls (Heritage №), as a goal-kicking fullback, stand-off or scrum-half.[2][3]

Gregg McNally
Personal information
Born (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991
Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight13 st 5 lb (85 kg) [1]
Playing information
PositionFullback, Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 Whitehaven 33 28 8 0 128
2009–11 Huddersfield Giants 1 0 6 0 12
2009(loan) → Whitehaven 18 5 73 0 166
2010(DR) → Oldham 12 7 46 1 121
2010(loan) → Whitehaven 3 0 2 0 4
2011(loan) → Barrow Raiders 8 3 5 0 22
2012–17 Leigh Centurions 147 94 20 0 416
2018 Bradford Bulls 13 5 0 0 20
2019– Leigh Centurions 25 17 0 0 68
Total 260 159 160 1 957
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010– Ireland 14 6 9 0 42
As of 25 November 2019
Source: [2][3][4]

Background

McNally was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, he has Irish ancestors, and eligible to play for Ireland due to the grandparent rule.

Career

McNally was transferred from Whitehaven to the Huddersfield Giants during November 2008, after which he made is début in a friendly match against Halifax on Sunday 4 January 2009[5] and then returned to Whitehaven on loan for a season.[6]

At youth level McNally scored 18 points to take Whitehaven School to the 2006–2007 national Champion Schools final,[7] going on to take his team to victory in the final with three tries, qualifying for European competition.[8]

McNally joined Leigh Centurions in time for the 2012 season. At the Leigh Centurions McNally has won 1 Northern Rail Cup, 3 League Leaders' Shield, and 1 Kingstone Press Championship Grand Final. In 2018 McNally won Kells A.R.L.F.C. King of the Dockers award for services to the club in his youth.

In January 2018 NcNally joined Bradford Bulls on a two-year deal.[9] He was released by the Bulls in January 2019 on compassionate grounds.

International honours

In 2010 he represented Ireland at the Alitalia European Cup. Despite Ireland coming fourth of four McNally was the top points scorer of the competition.

He also represented Ireland in the 2011 Autumn International Series, and the 2012 European Cup.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[10]

References
  1. "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. rleague.com
  5. "Halifax RLFC: Raise your game: coach". Halifax Courier. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  6. "Greg McNally in line for Huddersfield début". Yorkshire Post. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  7. "Super Mac inspires Whitehaven RL kids". The Whitehaven News. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  8. "Super Mac leads bid to conquer Europe". Times & Star. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  9. "Bulls sign Leigh full back Gregg McNally". Telegraph & Argus. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  10. "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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