Ned Hanigan

Ned Hanigan (born 11 April 1995) is an Australian professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition and the Australian Wallabies. His preferred positions are blindside flanker or lock.[1]

Ned Hanigan
Full nameEdward Hanigan
Date of birth (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995
Place of birthDubbo, Australia
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
UniversityUniversity of New South Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Blindside Flanker
Current team Waratahs / NSW Country Eagles
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013−pres. Randwick 25 (35)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015−2019 NSW Country Eagles 15 (24)
2016−pres. Waratahs 37 (40)
2020−pres. Kurita Water Gush 0 (0)
Correct as of 29 August 2020
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 Australia Schoolboys
2015 Australia Under-20 5 (0)
2017-pres. Australia 21 (0)
Correct as of 18 October 2020

Early life and career

Of Irish descent, Hanigan was born in Dubbo and raised in Coonamble in the central-west part of New South Wales. He headed to Sydney aged 12 to develop his rugby skills at St. Joseph's College. After graduation, he began studying science at University of New South Wales and combined that with playing Shute Shield rugby with Randwick for whom he won the Premiership Rugby title with their Colts side before progressing on to their first team. During this time, he also represented New South Wales at Under-20 level in 2014 and 2015 and played for the New South Wales Country Eagles during the 2015 National Rugby Championship.[1]

Professional career

Hanigan trained with the Waratahs wider training group in 2015 and then made the full squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. As a youngster competing against Wallaby internationals such as Dean Mumm, Will Skelton and Dave Dennis for a starting place, Hanigan's game time was limited to just 3 substitute appearances in his debut season.[1][2]

International

Hanigan represented Australia at schoolboy level and was an important member of the side on their grand-slam European tour in 2013. He was also a member of the Australia Under-20 which competed at the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Italy after which he was named his side's MVP for the tournament.[1][2] Hanigan made his debut for the Australian Wallabies in 2017 against Fiji following in the footsteps of other Irish Australian rugby players, Owen Finegan and Tim Horan.

Super Rugby statistics
As of 29 August 2020 [3]
SeasonTeam Apps Start Sub Mins T C PG DG Pts YC RC
2016 Waratahs 303410000000
2017 Waratahs 1211190230001520
2018 Waratahs 15150108540002000
2019 Waratahs 131308491000500
2020 AU Waratahs 8714980000010
Total 51465337580004030

References
  1. "Ned Hanigan NSW Waratahs Player Profile". Waratahs. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "NSW Country Eagles lock Ned Hanigan: An old head on very young shoulders". Rugby Australia. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. "Ned Hanigan itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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