Duncan McRae (rugby)
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| Born | 27 September 1974 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback, Hooker, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]McRae was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Early life and career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Seven-week ban for contrite McRae". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 June 2001.
- ^ "McRae gets seven-week ban for punching O'Gara".
External links
[edit]- Bulldogs profile of Duncan McRae Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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