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Will Connors
Date of birth	4 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Donadea, Kildare, Ireland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	100 kg (16 st; 220 lb)
School	Clongowes Wood College
University	University College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Back-row
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2015–	UCD
Senior career
Years	Team
2018–	Leinster
	Correct as of 23 November 2023
International career
Years	Team
2016–2017	Ireland U20
2020–	Ireland
	Correct as of 14 March 2021

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Will Connors (born 4 April 1996) is an Irish rugby union player for Pro14 and European Rugby Champions Cup side Leinster, and for the Ireland national rugby union team. He plays in the back-row, primarily as an flanker.

Early life

Connors was born in Donadea, County Kildare and attended Clongowes Wood College, where he played on the school's Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup side. He had previously played for many years with North Kildare RFC minis and is now club ambassador for the North Kildare RFC Skylarks additional needs team.^{[citation needed]}

Leinster

Connors spent a year in the Leinster Rugby sub-academy after leaving school in 2015, before entering the academy in Summer 2016. He impressed in making his senior debut in the 2017–18 season and was promoted to the senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season (after completing two of the usual three academy years).^[1]^[2] Connors performances earned him a spot on the 2019–20 Pro14 Dream Team.^[3]

Ireland

Connors played for Ireland Under-20s in 2016. He has also featured for the Ireland 7s team.

Connors debuted for the Ireland national rugby union team on 24 October 2020 in a Six Nations fixture against Italy, where he scored a try and had a team-high 20 tackles, earning the man-of-the-match honor for his performance.^[4] In the 2021 Six Nations Connors scored another two tries against Italy.

References

^ "2016/17 Academy panel announced". Leinster Rugby. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "'You always hope the chance will come your way' - Independent.ie". www.independent.ie.
^ Chop tackler Will Connors a vital cog in Leinster machine. Irish Examiner. 10 September 2020.
^ Ireland v Italy. Six Nations Rugby. Accessed 24 October 2020.

External links

Will Connors at ESPNscrum
Will Connors at ItsRugby.co.uk
Will Connors at European Professional Club Rugby
Leinster Profile
Pro14 Profile

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[1] "2016/17 Academy panel announced". Leinster Rugby. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[2] "'You always hope the chance will come your way' - Independent.ie". www.independent.ie.

[3] Chop tackler Will Connors a vital cog in Leinster machine. Irish Examiner. 10 September 2020.

[4] Ireland v Italy. Six Nations Rugby. Accessed 24 October 2020.

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-'''Will Connors''' (born 4 April 1996) is an Irish [[rugby union]] player for [[Pro14]] and [[European Rugby Champions Cup]] side [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]]. He plays in the [[Rugby union positions#Back row (Loose forwards)|back-row]], primarily as an [[Flanker (rugby union)|openside flanker]].
+'''Will Connors''' (born 4 April 1996) is an Irish [[rugby union]] player for [[Pro14]] and [[European Rugby Champions Cup]] side [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]], and for the [[Ireland national rugby union team]]. He plays in the [[Rugby union positions#Back row (Loose forwards)|back-row]], primarily as an [[Flanker (rugby union)|flanker]].
 ==Early life==
-He was born in [[Donadea]], [[County Kildare]] and attended [[Clongowes Wood College]], where he played on the school's [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]] side.
+Connors was born in [[Donadea]], [[County Kildare]] and attended [[Clongowes Wood College]], where he played on the school's [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]] side. He had previously played for many years with North Kildare RFC minis and is now club ambassador for the North Kildare RFC Skylarks additional needs team.{{fact|date=December 2021}}
 ==Leinster==
-Connors spent a year in the [[Leinster Rugby]] sub-academy after leaving school in 2015, before entering the academy in Summer 2016. He impressed in making his senior debut in the 2017–18 season and was promoted to the senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season (after completing two of the usual three academy years).<ref>https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/201617-academy-panel-announced/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/leinster-rugby/you-always-hope-the-chance-will-come-your-way-36633357.html|title='You always hope the chance will come your way' - Independent.ie|publisher=}}</ref>
+Connors spent a year in the [[Leinster Rugby]] sub-academy after leaving school in 2015, before entering the academy in Summer 2016. He impressed in making his senior debut in the 2017–18 season and was promoted to the senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season (after completing two of the usual three academy years).<ref>{{cite web | title=2016/17 Academy panel announced | website=Leinster Rugby | date=2016-06-20 | url=https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/201617-academy-panel-announced/ | access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/leinster-rugby/you-always-hope-the-chance-will-come-your-way-36633357.html|title='You always hope the chance will come your way' - Independent.ie|publisher=www.independent.ie}}</ref> Connors performances earned him a spot on the 2019–20 Pro14 Dream Team.<ref>[https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/arid-40046216.html%3ftype=amp Chop tackler Will Connors a vital cog in Leinster machine]. Irish Examiner. 10 September 2020.</ref>
 ==Ireland==
-Connors played for [[Ireland national under-20 rugby union team|Ireland Under-20s]] in both 2016 and 2017, and was a part of the side at the [[2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship]], where Ireland beat the [[New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team|New Zealand Under-20s]] for the first time and enjoyed their best ever tournament finish of runners-up, losing the final heavily to [[England national under-20 rugby union team|England Under-20s]] after an otherwise excellent campaign. He has also featured for the [[Ireland national rugby sevens team|Ireland 7s]] team.
+Connors played for [[Ireland national under-20 rugby union team|Ireland Under-20s]] in 2016. He has also featured for the [[Ireland national rugby sevens team|Ireland 7s]] team.
+Connors debuted for the [[Ireland national rugby union team]] on 24 October 2020 in a [[2020 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] fixture against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], where he scored a try and had a team-high 20 tackles, earning the man-of-the-match honor for his performance.<ref>[https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/report/keenan-scores-twice-as-ireland-beat-italy-to-go-top/#live Ireland v Italy]. Six Nations Rugby. Accessed 24 October 2020.</ref> In the [[2021 Six Nations]] Connors scored another two tries against Italy.
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+*{{Sport links}}
+*{{EPCR profile|WC878449}}
 *[https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/player?PlayGuid=WC878449 Leinster Profile]
 *[https://www.pro14rugby.org/player/?PlayGuid=WC878449 Pro14 Profile]
-*{{EPCR profile|WC878449}}
 {{Leinster Rugby squad}}
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 [[Category:Leinster Rugby players]]
 [[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
+[[Category:Ireland international rugby union players]]

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Forwards	Michael Alaalatoa Ryan Baird Lee Barron Ed Byrne Tom Clarkson Jack Conan Will Connors Max Deegan Brian Deeny Dylan Donnellan Caelan Doris Tadhg Furlong Cian Healy Jason Jenkins Rónan Kelleher Joe McCarthy John McKee Michael Milne Martin Moloney Ross Molony Scott Penny Andrew Porter Rhys Ruddock James Ryan Dan Sheehan Alex Soroka Josh van der Flier
Backs	Harry Byrne Ross Byrne Cormac Foley Ciarán Frawley Jamison Gibson-Park Robbie Henshaw Hugo Keenan Jordan Larmour James Lowe Luke McGrath Charlie Ngatai Jimmy O'Brien Tommy O'Brien Jamie Osborne Sam Prendergast Garry Ringrose Rob Russell Liam Turner
Coach	Leo Cullen