Gary Leslie is an Irish former rugby union player. He played tighthead prop for

Queen's University RFC Queen's University Belfast Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast, currently playing in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. Founded in 1869, it is the most successful and oldest continuous rugby union club ...

Dungannon RFC Dungannon RFC (Dungannon Football Club) is a rugby union club from Dungannon, Northern Ireland, playing in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. History The 5th Earl of Ranfurly, who was President of Dungannon Football Club for 24 years an ...

Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...

, and Ireland 'A'. He attended

Belfast High School Belfast High School (BHS) is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1854 and is within the North Eastern Region of the Education Authority. In May 2007, it ...

, representing Ulster and Ireland at schools level at rugby."Leslie is installed as Ulster Branch president", ''Dungannon Herald'', 22 October 2020 He studied Combined Social Sciences at

Queen's University Belfast The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of ...

,"A day in the life"
''Farming Life'', 28 September 2020 while playing for Queen's University RFC.Gavin Mairs, "Legend Leslie hangs up boots", ''Belfast Telegraph'', 19 April 2004 Graduating in 1991, he enrolled in

Moy Park Moy Park is a Northern Ireland based poultry meat producer, the largest meat producer in Northern Ireland, with operations in the Republic of Ireland, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands. One of the 15 biggest food companies in the United ...

’s Graduate Management Trainee programme, and joined Dungannon RFC. With Dungannon, he won the Ulster Senior Cup five times, the Stevenson Shield once, the All-Ireland Floodlit Trophy in 1995, and was part of the Dungannon team who became the first Ulster club to win the All-Ireland League in 2001. At his retirement from club rugby in 2004, he held the record for the most All-Ireland League appearances with 159. He was first selected for

in 1994, and played 59 times for the province. He was part of the 1999

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

-winning squad, appearing from the bench in the final. He had a part-time contract with Ulster, retaining his full-time position as a production manager for Moy Park. He played twice for Ireland 'A' in 1997 and 1998. He became Director of Operations, Primary Division, for Moy Park in 2009, and Director of Complexes, Fresh Business Unit in 2018. He was also active in rugby administration. He was senior vice-president of the Ulster Branch of the IRFU in 2018-19,Ulster Rugby Annual Report 2018-19
/ref> and was appointed president of the branch in 2019, retaining the position for a second year in 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leslie, Gary Living people Irish rugby union players Ulster Rugby players Rugby union props People educated at Belfast High School Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Dungannon RFC players Year of birth missing (living people)