Seamus Mallon (born 21 November 1980) is an Irish former professional

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

centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

for

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

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...

. He started playing rugby at

Foyle College Foyle College is a co-educational non-denominational voluntary grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. The school's legal name is Foyle and Londonderry College. In 1976, two local schools, Foyle College and Londonderry High School, merged und ...

, then

St. Columb's College St Columb's College ( ga, Coláiste Naomh Colum Cille) is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland and, since 2008, a specialist school in mathematics. It is named after Saint Columba, the missionary monk from County ...

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

. He won the Ulster league and cup double with City of Derry in 1999. He later played for

Dungannon Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...

under Willie Anderson. He played for

at under-21 level,Alex McDonald
"Rugby: Mallon is ready for Ulster"
''Belfast Telegraph'', 14 March 2003 and played for the senior Ulster team in friendlies against

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

and

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

in 2000. Ulster offered him a development contract, which he declined in favour of studying architecture at

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

. After graduating in 2003, he joined Ulster for the 2003–04 season.Gavin Mairs
"Rugby: New faces on show as Ulster slip into gear"
''Belfast Telegraph'', 4 July 2008 After two seasons with Ulster, he moved to

in July 2005. After two seasons in the Premiership, he returned to Ulster in 2007. he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season."Province-by-province guide", ''Irish Independent'', 3 September 2009

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Northampton Saints (Archived)
Saints sign young centre Seamus Mallon
Northampton Saints, 4 July 2005 (Archived) 1980 births Living people Irish rugby union players Northampton Saints players People educated at Foyle College People educated at St Columb's College Rugby union players from County Londonderry Sportspeople from Derry (city) Ulster Rugby players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub