Jude Postlethwaite (born 3 April 2002) is an Irish
rugby union player, currently playing for
United Rugby Championship and
European Rugby Champions Cup
The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...
side
Ulster. His preferred position is
centre.
He played rugby at
RBAI, under future Ulster assistant coach
Dan Soper
Daniel Soper is a rugby union coach from New Zealand who has been assistant coach at Ulster since 2021.
Born in Alexandra, he played for Otago Sharks, setting a club scoring record of 260 points in 1997, and represented North Otago in the Nati ...
, was top scorer in the 2020
Ulster Schools' Cup
The Ulster Schools' Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Rugby, Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Schools' Cup has the distinction of being the world's second-oldest rugby competitio ...
, and represented Ulster Schools. After leaving school, he joined Ulster's academy. During his time in the academy, he represented the
Ireland national rugby sevens team in the
World Rugby Sevens Series. He debuted for the national sevens team in 2021. He also represented
Ireland U20 in the
2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
The 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the 15th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. England are the defending champions winning all five matches in the last tournement.
Participa ...
.
In February 2022 he signed a development contract with Ulster, to be upgraded to a full senior contract after a year.
He made his debut for Ulster from the bench in the
United Rugby Championship against
Cardiff in March 2023.
"Match Report , Cardiff 20-42 Ulster"
Ulster Rugby, 4 March 2023
References
External links
Jude Postlethwaite at FinalWhistle.ie
2002 births
Living people
Irish rugby union players
Ulster Rugby players
Rugby union centres
Ireland international rugby sevens players
People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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