Shannon McDonnell

Shannon McDonnell

Personal information
Full name	Shannon Jay McDonnell
Nickname	Macca, Mac Diddy, Junior Burger
Born	(1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 29) Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–09 Wests Tigers 31 8 0 0 32 2009–11 Newcastle Knights 29 7 0 0 28 2012 Hull Kingston Rovers 22 6 0 0 24 2013–14 Hull F.C. 22 4 0 0 16 2014–16 St Helens 29 15 0 0 60 Total 133 40 0 0 160 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012 Exiles 1 0 0 0 0 2014 Ireland 3 2 0 0 8
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Shannon McDonnell (born 5 August 1987) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for St. Helens in the Super League. He has previously played for National Rugby League clubs Wests Tigers, Newcastle Knights and in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull FC. He primarily plays fullback and wing.

Born in Camden, New South Wales, McDonnell is of Irish descent and attended Mount Carmel High School and Westfields Sports High School, while playing his junior football for All Saints Liverpool. He was then signed by the Wests Tigers. He is the son of Wests Tigers Recruitment Manager Warren McDonnell.

In 2004, McDonnell played for the New South Wales Under-17s team. The next season, he played for the New South Wales Under-19s team and made his NRL debut for the Wests Tigers against the Penrith Panthers in Round 26 of the 2005 NRL season.

Having played one game for Tigers in 2005, McDonnell was named as the probable replacement for winger Pat Richards, if he was unable to overcome an ankle injury, to take his place in the 2005 NRL Grand Final team.