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Rory Scholes
Rory Scholes (born 24 April 1993) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays primarily as a Wing (rugby union), wing, but also covers Fullback (rugby union), fullback. Scholes last played for CA Brive, Brive. He has previously played for his native province of Ulster Rugby, Ulster, Scottish side Edinburgh Rugby, Edinburgh and another Irish provincial side Connacht Rugby, Connacht in the Pro14. Early life Scholes was born in Belfast. He was educated at Campbell College in city, and played rugby with the school side. Scholes was part of the team that were runners-up to The Royal School, Armagh, The Royal School in the Schools Shield in 2010. The following year, he was part of the side that won the 2011 Ulster Schools' Cup. Campbell beat Royal Belfast Academical Institution 18–11 in the final, with Scholes kicking eight of their points. Among his teammates on the schools team was future Irish international Chris Farrell. Scholes has a sports science degree from Ulster University, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
