Jack Aungier (born 20 November 1998) is an Irish

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player who currently plays for

Connacht Rugby Connacht Rugby is one of the four professional provincial men's rugby union, rugby teams from the island of Ireland. Connacht competes in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Connacht B ...

. On the 26th of January 2025, he was called up to join the Irish squad ahead of their 2025 Six Nations campaign. He plays as a

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Early life

Aungier attended

St. Fintan's High School St. Fintans High School () is an all-boys Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school located between Sutton, Dublin, Sutton and Baldoyle, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. History Background A school originally opened at Bellevue Hous ...

and participated in the

Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), and was first held in 1887. Attendances are high for a schoolboy ...

with the school. At the age of just 16, Aungier made his debut for the Ireland under-18s team.

Leinster

Whilst still in Leinster's academy, Aungier was selected on the bench for their round 5

2019–20 Pro14 The 2019–20 PRO14 (also known as the ''Guinness PRO14'' for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the third season to be referred to as the ''PR ...

fixture against Welsh side

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on 1 November 2019, and he replaced

Michael Bent Michael Bent (born 25 April 1986 in Hāwera, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born rugby union player who can play as a tight or loosehead prop. He played for Leinster in the Pro14 and represented Ireland at international level. He has also repr ...

in the 52nd minute in the provinces 50–15 win.

Connacht

In May of 2020, it was reported that Aungier would be joining Connacht Rugby during the then postponed 2019/2020 Pro14 season. He made his debut for Connacht against Ulster during the resumed Pro14 season on the 23rd of August 2020, scoring the final try of a bonus point victory for the province.

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Leinster Academy ProfilePro14 Profile
1998 births Living people Irish rugby union players Connacht Rugby players Leinster Rugby players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Dublin (city) People educated at St. Fintan's High School {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub