Shane O'Leary
| Full name | Shane O'Leary | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Killaloe Community College | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Fly-half | ||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Connacht | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Fly-half | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013–14 2014– |
Grenoble Connacht |
5 19 |
(0) (43) |
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Correct as of 23 October 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013 | Canada U20 | ||
Shane O'Leary (born 12 March 1993) is an Irish-born professional rugby union player. He can play at centre or at fly-half. O'Leary currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro12.
O'Leary is of Canadian descent through his mother and has represented Canada at under-age level, playing for the Canada Under-20 team at the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. O'Leary is still eligible to play for Ireland however, as he has yet to play at either full or 'A' level for Canada.
Born in Cork, O'Leary grew up in Tipperary. He received his secondary education at the community college in Killaloe. In his youth he played for the Scariff rugby team and made the Munster u18 clubs side while a member there and later moved to Young Munster. While at Young Munster, O'Leary was part of the Munster Rugby under-age set up. Shane's father Declan is coaching services manager with Coaching Ireland and works with a wide variety of sporting organisations across Ireland in improving coaching standards
Ahead of the 2013–14 season O'Leary moved to French side Grenoble in the Top 14, joining the team's academy. O'Leary had previously worked with Grenoble skills coach Mike Prendergast, who gave him his debut at Young Munster. Like O'Leary, Predergast was in his first season at the French club. O'Leary had also been assisted by Rugby Canada in his move to France, as the union had helped him to distribute information on himself and his availability to clubs around Europe in an attempt to break into professional rugby. Prendergast and O'Leary made up part a significant Irish contingent for the team, along with scrum-half James Hart, forwards coach Bernard Jackman and the captain Andrew Farley, an Australian-born former Ireland A player.
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