Sean McMahon (born 18 June 1994) is an

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player for

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in the Japanese

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. His regular playing position is Flanker.

Career

McMahon was born and raised in

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and took his first steps in senior rugby with

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in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. He played in the side which was runner-up in the 2013 competition and featured alongside future Rebels team-mates Colby Faingaa and

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. McMahon's displays saw him named as a member of the

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extended playing squad for the

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. He was surprisingly named in the number 6 jersey for the Rebels season opener against the at

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on 28 February 2014. McMahon played the whole 80 minutes in a 35–14 victory for the home side. On 16 April 2014, the

announced that McMahon signed a new two-year deal, running until the end of 2016. McMahon is also an avid golfer and a 5 handicap. McMahon then played for

in the Japanese

International

McMahon represented Australia Schoolboys in 2011, at the age of 17, before becoming the youngest ever player to play for the

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team in 2011, going on to feature for the side for another two years. while also making the Australia under-20 squad for the

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. In May 2014, he was named to captain Australia in the

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, to commence in Auckland in June. This followed his strong performances with the Australian Sevens and the Melbourne Rebels. On 22 October 2014, McMahon was named in the Australian national team for the Wallabies 2014 End-of-year test, under the new coach of

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. He made his first appearance against the

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on 1 November, but it was a week later he made his test debut against Wales at the Millennium Stadium, starting in the #6 Jersey. He was a member of the 2015 World Cup Squad. He started at no.7 in the pool matches against

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and

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, scoring 2 tries against Uruguay in a comprehensive victory.

Super Rugby statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McMahon, Sean 1994 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players Rugby union players from Brisbane Male rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Australian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Tokyo Sungoliath players Australia international rugby sevens players