Niall Gareth Malone (born 30 April 1971 in

Leeds, England Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

) is a former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played out-half for

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

and

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Having worked as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy and as skills coach for Ulster's senior team, he has been Ulster's head video analyst since 2018. Educated at

Methodist College Belfast God with us , established = 1865 , type = Voluntary grammar , religion = Interdenominational , principal = Jenny Lendrum , chair_label = Chairwoman , chair = Revd. Dr Janet Unsworth , founder ...

and

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

, he played for Leicester for six seasons, and won three caps for Ireland.Richard Mulligan, "'Old Hands' are back in the Ravenhill fold", ''News Letter'', 14 August 2008 After a spell with Worcester, he signed a contract with Ulster ahead of the 1999–2000 season. He played three season with Ulster before being released in 2002, after which he was appointed Director of Rugby at Bangor Rugby Club. He moved to

Instonians Instonians is a sports club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that incorporates rugby union, men's and ladies' hockey and cricket sections. There is also a golf society that plays under the Instonians name. Instonians Rugby Football, Cricke ...

as player-coach in 2005. He worked as a schoolteacher at

Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is ...

, also coaching their rugby team. He was appointed as an elite player development officer with Ulster's academy in 2008. He signed a contract extension as analyst and skills coach in 2014, and became head video analyst in 2018.Gareth Fullerton
"Ulster Rugby confirm Dan Soper as new skills coach"
Belfast Live, 4 June 2018

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Niall 1971 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Loughborough Students RUFC players People educated at Methodist College Belfast Leicester Tigers players Ireland international rugby sevens players Rugby union players from Leeds Ulster Rugby players Ulster Rugby non-playing staff Rugby union fly-halves