Simon Hillary (born 16 July 1992) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a winger for

Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team domestically. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby ...

. Hillary is renowned for his speed and agility, as well as his deceptive footwork. While still at school, he was clocked at 10.6 seconds for the 100 metre sprint. Hillary is still in the Leinster academy, but is considered an excellent prospect for the future of both

and

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. He has already starred for both the Leinster and Ireland u-20 rugby teams, and has made 3 appearances for the senior Leinster team to date, scoring a try on debut against

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. While attending Blackrock College he helped the school to win both the

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and Junior cup, and was on the same winning cup teams as fellow

academy member and Irish u-20 star Neil R Barrett.

References

*http://www.leinsterugby.ie/academyprofiles *http://www.blackrockcollege.com *http://www.tcd.ie *http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0327/1224313955233.html *http://www.herald.ie/sport/rugby/tight-spot-for-kidney-3054387.html *http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/nice-introduction-for-macken-shows-leinster-academy-graduate-has-talent-to-make-the-grade-1867339.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillary, Simon 1992 births Irish rugby union players Leinster Rugby players Living people Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Dublin (city)