Lachlan Patrick McCaffrey (born 17 March 1990) is an Australian

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player for the

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(MLR). His regular playing position is Number Eight. McCaffrey was part of the Extended Playing squad, having previously represented the

Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby, Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competitio ...

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. He joined the Perth-based side ahead of the

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and is awaiting his first-team debut. He previously played of the Waratahs. McCaffrey went to

Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school for boys located in Riverview, New South Wales, Riverview, a small suburb on the Lane Cove Rive ...

in Sydney, and also plays for Eastwood in the Sydney Shute Shield grade rugby competition. McCaffrey was a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the

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. He moved to English Premiership side

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prior to the 2014–15 season. On 5 May 2015, Lachlan signed for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

for the upcoming 2015–16 season. Since signing for the Tigers, McCaffrey has gone on to become an integral part of the Leicester pack. In 2018, McCaffrey will once again join the

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having agreed on a contract to return to the Canberra-based club.

Politics

He contested the

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at the

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for the Democratic Labour Party. He won 0.70% of the vote, incumbent conservative MP John Alexander easily retained the seat.

Reference List

External links

Leicester Tigers ProfileWestern Force profile
Living people 1990 births Australian rugby union players Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union flankers New South Wales Waratahs players Western Force players ACT Brumbies players London Welsh RFC players Australian expatriate rugby union players in England Leicester Tigers players Rugby union number eights Kyuden Voltex players Austin Gilgronis players Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan Australian expatriate rugby union players in the United States People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub