Pat McCabe (rugby union)

Pat McCabe

Pat McCabe in October 2012
Full name	Patrick Joseph McCabe
Date of birth	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 29)
Place of birth	Manly, Sydney
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
School	St Aloysius' College
University	Macquarie University
Notable relative(s)	Luke McCabe (Twin Brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Inside Centre / Wing / Fullback
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Apps (points) 2007 2014 Central Coast Rays Canberra Vikings 3 0 (5) (0)
Super Rugby Years Club / team Apps (points) 2010–2014 Brumbies 66 (50) Correct as of 27 July 2014
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 2010–2014 Australia 24 (25) Correct as of 24 August 2014

Pat McCabe (born 21 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rugby union player. He played for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby, and Warringah in Sydney, and represented Australia at various age grade levels before a senior debut in 2010. He was a utility player, able to cover inside centre, outside centre, winger or fullback.

McCabe first started out professionally with the New South Wales Waratahs academy in 2006, where he participated on a development tour of England and Ireland. In 2007, he was selected for the Australian U19's team for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship. He helped the team's 3rd place in the Championship, after beating Wales 36–14 on 21 April 2007. His eye-catching displays for Australia in the Under-19's, earned himself selection for the Central Coast Rays in the inaugural and final season of the Australian Rugby Championship. He helped the team to a Grand Final victory, beating Melbourne Rebels 20–12. McCabe helped the Warringah Rats to the semi-finals of the 2008 (NSW) Shute Shield competition, before signing for the Brumbies in 2009.

In 2009 he was selected for the Brumbies academy squad, and after impressing on a development tour to France in mid 2009, where he was the Brumbies 'Player of the Tour', he signed a full contract with the franchise for the 2010 Super 14 season. In his debut season, he played every minute of every game that season, the only Brumby to do this, making his Super 14 debut against the Western Force on 12 February during Round 1, where he established himself on the right wing (#14). After just 4 rounds he got a talk up from his coach Andy Friend basically just saying that he was carving it and had the ability to play for the Wallabies. Having been selected for the Australian Sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, McCabe was forced to put on hold his Wallabies dream. However, he withdrew from the Sevens team due to injury.