Harry McNulty (born 5 March 1993) is an Irish rugby union player who currently plays for the

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(MLR). He also plays as a forward for the

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Early life

McNulty was born in

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to Irish parents. His father worked in financial services and is a former Bahrain Rugby Club player. His mother was a

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working for the then

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, Sheikh

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. He has a younger brother, Sean McNulty, who is also a rugby player. The family lived in London for three years, then moved to the United States, where they lived for 10 years. In the United States, McNulty discovered he loved

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and played hockey in

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. He played with the Rye Rangers. At age 14, McNulty's family moved back to Bahrain and from 2006 to 2011 he attended

Rockwell College Rockwell College ( ga, Coláiste Charraig an Tobair), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools Sen ...

, a boarding school in

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, for secondary school. At Rockwell, McNulty played rugby for the first time. He was on the school team that finished runner-up in the 2010 Munster Senior Cup, and then won the 2011 Munster Senior Cup by defeating Presentation Brothers College.

University and club rugby

McNulty then played for Garryowen. He joined the Munster Academy for the 2012–13 season, but left the Munster Academy at the end of the 2013–14 season. From 2012 to 2014, McNulty attended

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, then transferred to

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in

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in 2017. As part of that degree, he lived in

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in 2015 where he studied at the

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. During college, McNulty played with the

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, winning the 2012 club sevens competition. In 2016, McNulty played club rugby for UCD in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League, under head coach Andy Skehan. In 2020 McNulty signed with

newcomer

who also signed his brother

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Ireland national rugby sevens team

In 2016, McNulty was part of the

when they attempted unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. In 2017, McNulty remained with the Ireland squad where he played in the Rugby Europe

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. McNulty was Ireland's leading try-scorer at the 2017 Moscow Sevens with six tries. In 2018, McNulty represented Ireland at the

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, where Ireland finished ninth. McNulty was part of the Ireland squad at the

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qualifier, where Ireland won the tournament to advance to "core team" status for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series. McNulty was a member of the

that qualified for the

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. He also competed for

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at the

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Other work and activities

McNulty is an accomplished photographer, sharing his art via Instagram. His work includes self-portraiture, landscapes and night sky photography. In April 2019, McNulty won an all expenses paid

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apprenticeship with

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. In April 2019, McNulty – who is a long-time avid photographer – won a position as a

apprentice, which funded travel around the world for three weeks during the summer of 2019. In addition to being all-expenses paid, the position had a weekly salary. As a Shore Explorer, McNulty visited shore-based locations around the world as part of a promotion of land-based offerings of the cruise line. McNulty documented his trip with photographs he posted on Instagram. He used a

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camera for much of the video he shot. In his free time, McNulty has been involved in the

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charity. In 2020, McNulty joined TV broadcaster Darren Kennedy, stylist Lawson Mpame, Men's Circle Facilitator Darragh Stewart and coach Pat Divily as ambassadors for Movember.

References

External links

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