Damian McInally (born 23 December 1975 in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

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) is a Rugby Union player who has represented Australia in the annual under 21 southern cross championships and Australian Rugby Sevens. A quick and elusive outside back he has played for the Queensland Reds and

ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...

in the Southern Hemisphere

Super 12 Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

competition (now Super Rugby). Whilst contracted to the

, McInally captained the Canberra Vikings team

Queensland Premier Rugby Queensland Premier Rugby is a semi professional club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. Nine clubs play in the competition, eight of which are from Brisbane with one club from the Gold Coast. The premiership has been contested ...

championships three consecutive titles, 2001, 2002 and 2003, in the premier

competition. McInally played for Japan's Top League side the Kubota Spears from 2004–09. He was refused permission to represent Japan in the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

competition in

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McInally made his debut for the

ACT Veterans Rugby Club The ACT Vets are a rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), whose players must be 35 years of age or older. Portsea Oval, at the Royal Military College, Duntroon is the club's home ground. The Honorary Patron in ...

on 2 May 2015. Stephen Larkham brought McInally to the match. The pair played alongside each other in the fastest ACT Veterans backline ever.

External links

Kubota Spears Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:McInally, Damian 1975 births Australian rugby union players Living people Rugby union fullbacks Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Australian expatriate rugby union players Queensland Reds players ACT Brumbies players Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Rugby union players from Brisbane