Caleb Montgomery (born 19 June 1995) is an Irish

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player, currently playing for English Premiership and

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side

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

. He plays as a number 8 or

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. Montgomery made his Premiership debut v Wasps coming off the bench.

Early life

Born in

Portadown Portadown ( ) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is based on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population ...

, Montgomery plays his club rugby for

Banbridge Banbridge ( ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the Bann in 1712. It is in the civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper ...

in the All-Ireland League.

Professional career

Ulster

Montgomery made his senior Ulster debut on 5 January 2019 in round 13 of the

2018–19 Pro14 The 2018–19 Pro14 (also known as the '' Guinness Pro14'' for sponsorship reasons) is the eighteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the second season to be referred to as the '' ...

, featuring off the bench in the provinces 40–7 loss against rivals

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Worcester Warriors

Montgomery joined English Premiership club

ahead of the 2019–20 season.

References

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1995 births Living people Ampthill RUFC players Cornish Pirates players Irish rugby union players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Portadown Ulster Rugby players Worcester Warriors players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub