Paul Sheedy (born 16 February 1981), is an Australian former professional rugby footballer. He played

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for the

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in 2001, and he played

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for the New South Wales Waratahs between 2001 and 2004.

Early life

Sheedy attended secondary school at

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, where he played rugby for Ashgrove's 1st XV team in 1997 and 1998. He was selected for the

Australian Schoolboys The Australian Schoolboys refer to junior teams that represent Australia in various sports. The name is mainly used in rugby league, rugby union and baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players ...

team in 1998 and played scrum-half in the -winning team that defeated Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England on their 1998–99 tour.

Career

Rugby league

In 1999, Sheedy switched codes to play

in the

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by fou ...

for the Northern Suburbs Devils (then affiliated with

). He made his

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debut for the Melbourne Storm against the

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at fullback.

Rugby union

Sheedy switched back to

in the latter part of 2001, signing with the New South Wales Waratahs. In 2002, he was selected and played for the Australian team at the

Under 21 Rugby World Championship The IRB Under 21 Rugby World Cup was the premier tournament for male rugby union players under the age of 21, organised by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB) annually from 2002 through 2006. Both it and the Under 19 Rugby ...

held in

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. He joined the Manly rugby club in Sydney, where he played in the

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

competition between 2002 and 2005. Sheedy made his Super 12 debut off the bench for the Waratahs against the Auckland Blues in the opening round of the 2003 season. He returned to rugby league and played for

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheedy, Paul 1981 births Living people Australian people of Filipino descent Australian rugby league players Australian rugby union players Melbourne Storm players Norths Devils players Philippines national rugby league team captains Philippines national rugby league team coaches Philippines national rugby league team players Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Brisbane People educated at Marist College Ashgrove Rugby union scrum-halves