Nathan Hannay (born 5 October 1984) is an English

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player from

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

who currently plays for the Devon side, Honiton RFC.

Early life

Hannay had his bachelor degree from

Honiton Community College Honiton Community College is a comprehensive academy school located in Honiton, Devon, England. It was originally established as Honiton Secondary School in 1938, and converted to an academy in 2011. The school educates around 735 students, of ...

Career

Hannay first started playing rugby for

Honiton Honiton ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 11,822 (based on mid-year estimates for the two Honiton Ward ...

Rugby Club before moving to

Sidmouth Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has ...

Rugby Club in 2008. He made his debut for Sidmouth against

Plymouth Albion Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The present club was founded in 1920 from a merger between Plymouth RFC (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC (founded 1876). Since 2003 they have pl ...

. In 2010 during Sidmouth's

South West One Regional 1 South West (formerly South West Premier and National League 3 South West) is a level five league in the English rugby union system. It is one of six leagues at this level. When this division began in 1987 it was known as South West D ...

season, he moved to

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side

Launceston RUFC Launceston Rugby Club (also known as the Cornish All Blacks, the name of the 1st team) is a Cornish rugby club which play at Polson Bridge, Launceston, Cornwall. They are currently in South West Premier, at the fifth tier of the English ru ...

. Later in the year after advice from Dyson Wilson, Hannay moved to Jersey. In 2011, Hannay was suspended for two weeks after being

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during Jersey's game against

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for head-butting an opposition player. He was suspended by Jersey for two weeks before the

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also suspended him for two weeks. In 2012 after rejecting advances to sign him from

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side

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an England, English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played i ...

, Hannay was appointed as captain of Jersey taking over from Graham Bell. On 16 April 2013, Hannay signs for Championship rivals

Yorkshire Carnegie Leeds Tykes (formerly Leeds RUFC, Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie) is an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the National League 1. The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 when it j ...

from 2013-14 season. Hannay left Yorkshire Carnegie at the end of the 2014-15 season, and retired from professional rugby; he has since become Player-Coach at his former club Honiton.

Representative rugby

Hannay has not yet represented

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at any level. In 2009 he represented

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

in the

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. When Hannay moved to Launceston, who were above level five of the

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, Hannay became ineligible to represent Devon. In 2012, Hannay was selected to represent the

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for their match against

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Māori All Blacks team Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

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. Hannay was the only player from Jersey selected for the match.

References

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