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Sean McGaughey

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Sean McGaughey
Birth nameSean Kieran McGaughey
Date of birth (1962-05-08) 8 May 1962 (age 62)
Place of birthDumfries, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- South of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984
1984
1984
Scotland 'B'
Scotland
Barbarians
1
1
1
0
0
0

Sean McGaughey (born 8 May 1962) is a former Scottish international rugby union player who played for the Scotland national team.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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McGaughey played for Hawick.[2]

Provincial career

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He played for South of Scotland District in Scottish Inter-District Championship.[3] He won the 1983–84 Scottish Inter-District Championship with the South team.

International career

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He was capped by Scotland 'B' once, on 19 February 1984 against France 'B'. Scotland 'B' won the match 13-10. McGaughey was replaced by his club captain Billy Murray in the match. McGaughey was injured and taken to hospital, but luckily he was only diagnosed with a bruised back.[4]

He was capped once by the full senior Scotland side in 1984. He played against Romania. Romania won 28-22 and it was McGaughey's only senior cap.[5]

Prior to the match he got bored and did 21 pull ups from his hotel balcony to celebrate his 21st birthday.[6] He was 9 floors up.[7]

He went on the 1985 Scotland rugby union tour of North America and 1988 Scotland rugby union tour of Zimbabwe, but these were non-cap matches.

He played for the Barbarians in 1984.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sean Kieran McGaughey". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "Greens greats: Sean McGaughey and the years of dominance". 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Sean McGaughey - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "The one-cap wonders". ESPN.com. 27 February 2014.
  7. ^ Team, The Rugby Paper (20 November 2014). "Brendan Gallagher: The one cap wonders woefully short-changed".
  8. ^ "Hawick Barbarians".