Con Foley (born 19 September 1992) is a professional

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player. He is currently signed to the

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team in the United States and previously played for Australian sides North Harbour and Brisbane City. His usual position is

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or on the

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. Foley has represented Australia in rugby sevens.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Foley attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace before playing his senior club rugby for the

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Rugby 7s

Con Foley was selected for the Aussie Thunderbolts sevens team at tournaments in Noosa and Samoa before making his international debut at the age of nineteen for at the inaugural

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. He played at the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup, where he scored two tries, and at 2014 Commonwealth Games. Foley represented his country at the

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. After five full seasons on the

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circuit he decided to return to fifteen-a-side rugby, however he did gain a recall to the national sevens team for the Hong Kong tournament in 2018.

Rugby 15s

In 2012, Foley was selected for the team and toured to South Africa where he played in the Junior World Championship. He focused his career on rugby sevens thereafter until late 2016 when he signed with North Harbour to play in Australia's

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(NRC). Foley joined Sydney club

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for the Shute Shield competition in 2017 before returning home to captain University of Queensland for the 2018

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season. He played NRC with later that year, and signed for the

ahead of the 2019

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season in the United States.

Honours

* Shawn Mackay Award 2013 – Australian Sevens Player of the Year

References

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on Its Rugby * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Con 1992 births Living people Australia international rugby sevens players Australian expatriate rugby union players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Expatriate rugby union players in the United States Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Australia Male rugby sevens players New Orleans Gold players Olympic rugby sevens players of Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Brisbane