AJ MacGinty
| Full name | Alan Leon MacGinty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | February 26, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Blackrock College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Life University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Fly-half | ||
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| Current team | Sale Sharks | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2011 2012–2015 |
NYAC Life Running Eagles |
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2015–2016 2016– |
Connacht Sale Sharks |
16 17 |
((64) (108)) |
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Correct as of 15 April 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2015– | United States | 11 | ((128)) |
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Correct as of 4 February 2017
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Alan "AJ" MacGinty is an Irish-born professional rugby player, who represents the United States in international competition. He primarily plays as a fly-half. MacGinty currently plays his club rugby for English Premiership team Sale Sharks.
A graduate of Blackrock College, MacGinty played with the Blackrock College RFC academy before moving to New York on a visa where he began playing with NYAC. In 2012 MacGinty moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he began a master's degree in Sport Health Science and excelled on the rugby pitch at out-half for the Life Running Eagles.
Following his participation in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, MacGinty was signed by Connacht for the 2015–16 Pro12 season. Connacht head coach Pat Lam said the province had been following MacGinty since the Pacific Nations Cup earlier in the year. MacGinty made his domestic debut for Connacht appearing off the bench in their 33–19 win over Benetton Treviso on November 6th, 2015. MacGinty made his European debut on 14 November 2015 in the first match of the 2015–16 Challenge Cup, starting at fly-half and scoring nine points. MacGinty led Connacht to a 28–23 bonus point win over Edinburgh in March 2016 and "controlled matters expertly" to manage Connacht's fifth consecutive win and maintain first place in the Pro12. MacGinty was instrumental in guiding Connacht to their first ever Pro 12 Championship with a win over Leinster.
In May 2015 it was announced that MacGinty would join English Premiership side Sale Sharks when his deal with Connacht finished in the summer, with South African-capped Marnitz Boshoff taking his place at the province. MacGinty was signed as a replacement for outgoing England international Danny Cipriani.
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