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Hugh O'Sullivan (born 24 February 1998) is an Irish
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player, currently playing for
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. He plays as a scrum-half and can also cover all positions in the back three.


Club career

He attended
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, where he was part of back-to-back
Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), and was first held in 1887. Attendances are high for a schoolboy ...
winning sides in 2016 and 2017, only the third time the school had achieved such a feat in its history. He primarily played fullback for the 2017 winning team but has since played mainly at scrum-half. O'Sullivan entered the
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academy ahead of the 2017–18 season. He made his senior debut at the start of the 2018–19 season, featuring off the bench against the
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. On 2 July 2021, O'Sullivan would leave Leinster to move to England to join
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in the
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from the 2021–22 season. He made his debut from off the bench against
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in the Premiership in September 2021. On 23 May 2023, O'Sullivan left London Irish to join Premiership rivals
Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
on a two-year deal from the 2023–24 season. He made his debut in the
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against
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in September 2023.


International career

O'Sullivan represented the Ireland U-20s at the
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and at the
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. Ireland finished third in the Six Nations, despite losing three of five matches. Ireland then struggled badly at the June World Championship, finishing in their worst-ever position of 11th out of 12 competitors and narrowly avoiding relegation to the
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.


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* 1998 births Living people People educated at Belvedere College Rugby union players from County Meath Irish rugby union players Clontarf FC players Leinster Rugby players Rugby union scrum-halves London Irish players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub