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| Born | (1996-11-27)27 November 1996 (age 28) Eadestown, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Newbridge College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy O'Brien (born 27 November 1996) is anIrish professionalrugby union player who plays as afullback forUnited Rugby Championship clubLeinster and theIreland national team.
O'Brien was born inEadestown in County Kildare, Ireland. He played in his school rugby withNewbridge College. Although he played fly-half at school, he moved to inside centre with the Leinster academy. His strengths in attack include a good kicking game, footwork, and passing, while in defence despite his lack of size he has a physical approach.[1]
With the Irish sevens team he generally played at centre, but also filled in at fly-half. O'Brien played for Ireland at the2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier, scoring four tries, but Ireland lost to Japan 7–12 in the semifinal and consequently failed to qualify as a core team for the 2018-19 World Series.[2] O'Brien played for Ireland on the London and Paris legs of the2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series; in those tournaments, despite its non-core status, Ireland surprised by finishing third and seventh respectively, with O'Brien scoring four tries across the two tournaments.[3]
In February 2022 O'Brien was called up to theIreland squad for the2022 Six Nations Championship.[4]In June 2022, he was included in the Ireland squad for the2022 tour of New Zealand.[5]
On 4 November 2022, he was called up as a late bench replacement to the named squad to face South Africa in the first test of the Autumn Series, following an injury to Robbie Henshaw whose starting place was taken by replacement Stuart McCloskey.[6] Following an injury to McCloskey in the first half, O'Brien made his test debut, playing 53 minutes in an Ireland victory.[7]
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