Stephen Ferris
| Date of birth | 2 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Maghaberry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 18 st 3.7 lb (116.0 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Friends' School, Lisburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Blindside Flanker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2005–2014 | Ulster | 106 | (60) |
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Correct as of 3 June 2014
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2006-08 2006-12 2009 |
Ireland A Ireland British and Irish Lions |
3 35 0 |
(0) (10) (0) |
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Correct as of 18 Mar 2012
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Stephen Ferris (born 2 August 1985) is a retired Irish rugby union player who played for Ulster and represented Ireland internationally. Ferris played club rugby with Dungannon. He is from Maghaberry and attended Friends' School Lisburn. He played for Ulster and Ireland in all three backrow positions. Ferris retired for rugby in June 2014 after a long-standing ankle injury ended his career.
Ferris graduated from the Ulster Academy and joined Ulster Rugby on a development contract at the start of the 2005–06 season. He was named in the Ireland Under-20 Rugby World Cup Squad in 2005. He made his Ulster debut against Border Reivers in October 2005. Ferris made his full Ireland debut against Pacific Islanders in November 2006. Ferris was selected for the Ireland Rugby World Cup squad in 2007 but was an unused reserve at the tournament. Injury ruled Ferris out of the 2008 Six Nations, but good early season form for Ulster saw him rewarded with three further caps during Ireland's end of year campaign. He earned his fifth Irish cap against Australia in June 2008.
He retained his place for the following year's Six Nations and was an ever-present as Declan Kidney's side clinched the Grand Slam.
Ferris was selected as part of the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
He scored his first Lions try on 3 June, against the Golden Lions but was forced to withdraw from the squad on Tuesday 9 June after he tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during a training session. He was replaced by Wales captain Ryan Jones.
He made his international return for the autumn series later the same year and featured strongly in the hard-fought draw with Australia and the impressive victory over South Africa, 15–10. Ferris played in four of Ireland's 2010 Six Nations matches, but missed the 2010 Summer Tour through injury. However, he made his international comeback during the 2010 November Tests, scoring his first international try against New Zealand at the new Landsdowne Road, and scoring his second against Argentina. He missed the 2011 Six Nations, and the latter half of the 2010/2011 season through injury, but returned for Ireland against France on 20 August during a 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up test, having been included in Ireland's training squad for the 2011 World Cup. During the campaign, Ferris shone in their historic win over Australia in the group stages. He adopted the now famous 'wrap around' tackle to prevent the Wallabies from getting quick ball as Declan Kidney's men ran out 15–6 winners. Ireland eventually bowed out to Wales in the quarter-finals but Ferris was one of the standout players in the tournament.
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