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Duncan McRae (rugby)

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Duncan McRae
Personal information
Born (1974-09-27) 27 September 1974 (age 50)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
PositionHalfback, Hooker, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–95 South Sydney 23 4 0 0 16
1995–96 London Broncos 16 6 0 1 25
1997–98 Canterbury Bulldogs 11 1 0 0 4
Total 50 11 0 1 45
Source: [1]

Duncan McRae (born 27 September 1974) is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer. In union he played at fly-half or full-back.

Background

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McRae was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Early life and career

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McRae attended Sydney Boys High School in the early 1990s along with Chris Whitaker & Steven Bell. He was former Puerto Rican Schoolboy international. In the 1990s McRae spent six seasons in the NRL with South Sydney, playing 23 first-grade games between 1993 and 1995[2] and Canterbury where he played 11 first grade games between 1997–99 and also led the Bulldogs reserve grade side to the 1998 premiership.[2] In 1996, he played a season with the London Broncos in the Super League.

New South Wales Waratahs

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In 1999, McRae switched codes playing three seasons with the New South Wales Waratahs.[2] In 2000 McRae joined Saracens, before returning to the Waratahs and Randwick in 2001. In October 2003 McRae joined Gloucester.

Disciplinary problems

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In 2001, during the match between the New South Wales Waratahs and the British & Irish Lions, McRae was sent off for punching Irish fly-half Ronan O'Gara eleven times in the head as O'Gara lay grounded.[3] He received a seven-week ban for the assault.[4]

Retirement

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McRae retired in 2006, after sustaining a severe neck injury. In a game in the 2005/06 English domestic season against Saracens McRae entered a ruck and crushed vertebrae at the top of his spinal column. He played a few more games but retired shortly after, returning to Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ a b c Eastgate Multimedia. "Bulldogs Rugby League Club – Official Website". Thebulldogs.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Seven-week ban for contrite McRae". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 June 2001.
  4. ^ "McRae gets seven-week ban for punching O'Gara".
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