Noel Reid (born 22 May 1990) is an Irish

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player. Between 2011 and 2019 he played 120 games for

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. His preferred position is fly-half or centre. He has also played professionally for

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and

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Early career

In 2007, Reid won the

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with St Michael's College.

Professional career

Leinster

He made his senior debut in September 2012 against the

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and scored a hattrick on his debut. During his time at Leinster he was part of three

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 pr ...

winning squads and four

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winning squads.

Leicester Tigers

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Reid joined

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side

. He left ahead of the 2020–21 season, having made 19 appearances.

Agen

He signed with France

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side

ahead of the 2020–21 season. Agen was relegated at the end of the season with Reid having made 11 appearances. After a further 5 appearances in the ProD2, he left for London Irish.

London Irish

Reid was signed by Premiership Rugby side

in February 2022 for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He made his debut against Harlequin sin the

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Ireland

Reid made his senior debut for

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on 14 June 2014 when coming off the bench in the second test of the tour to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Noel Living people 1990 births People educated at St Michael's College, Dublin Rugby union players from County Dublin Clontarf FC players Leinster Rugby players Ireland international rugby union players Ireland Wolfhounds international rugby union players Rugby union centres Rugby union fly-halves Leicester Tigers players Irish expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in England Irish expatriate sportspeople in England SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players London Irish players