Timothy Paul O'Malley (born 21 August 1994) is a New Zealand

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player who plays for in the

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. His position is first five-eighth.

Career

Originally from the small

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town of

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, O'Malley attended boarding school at St Kevin's College and later played for

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side

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in 2012. He spent three years playing for the Academy before moving to Picton at the start of 2016, taking up a job as a rugby development officer for his local club Waitohi as well as playing for the club. He made his debut for in

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after originally being loaned to , later being recalled to the top of the South. He was part of the Tasman team that won the Mitre 10 Cup for the first time in

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. In 2019, O'Malley played for the Utah Warriors in

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(MLR), where he was the team's leading scorer. He also had a stint with the NEC Green Rockets. He signed with the

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for the

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; however, it was later announced that the side would not be making their debut season in the competition until 2022. O'Malley was again part of the Mako side that won the

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. In May 2021, O'Malley was called into the squad as an injury replacement for the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition. He was named on the bench to play the in Round 1 at Forsyth Barr Stadium. In September 2021, O'Malley cancelled his contract with the

and signed with Italian side

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. He played for Italian team in

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season. Tasman again made the

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final before losing 23–20 to .

References

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