Jacob Stockdale
Date of birth | 3 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Newtownstewart, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wallace High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob Stockdale (born 3 April 1996) is an Irish professional rugby union player who currently plays for Ulster and for Ireland. He plays on the wing or at fullback.
Career[]
He has represented Ireland Under 20s and made his debut for the senior Ulster side as a 19-year-old in 2015. He played for Ireland U20 at the 2015 and 2016 editions of the World Rugby Under 20 Championship
On 16 May 2017, Stockdale was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 Summer Tour.[2] On 10 June 2017, Stockdale made his senior debut for Ireland when he played against the United States in a one-off test in the Red Bull Arena, New Jersey, scoring a try in the 55–19 Irish victory.[3] Stockdale played his first home game for Ireland on 11 November 2017, against the South Africa where he scored a try.[4] Two weeks later in the same November series he won 'man of the match' award scoring two tries in Ireland's 28–19 victory over Argentina.[5]
In the 2018 Six Nations Championship, Stockdale scored seven tries in the games against Italy, Wales, Scotland and England, setting a new record for the most tries in the Six Nations Championship as Ireland won the Grand Slam.[6] Stockdale was also named as the 2018 Six Nations Player of the Championship.[7] In November 2018, Stockdale scored the try that secured Ireland their first ever victory against the All Blacks on Irish soil.[8]
Statistics[]
International tries[]
Correct as of 3 July 2021[9]
Honours[]
Ireland[]
- Six Nations Championship:
- Grand Slam:
- Winner (1): 2018
- Triple Crown:
- Winner (1):2018
Awards[]
- Six Nations Player of the Championship:
- BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year (1):2018
Personal life[]
Stockdale was born in Newtownstewart in County Tyrone before his family settled in Lurgan.[12] Stockdale is a Christian (his father is a Presbyterian minister), and prays before each game.[13][14]
References[]
- ^ rjblake. "Senior Team".
- ^ "Eight Uncapped Players In Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Earls Excels As Ireland Kick Off Tour With New Jersey Win". irishrugby.ie. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Autumn international: Ireland 38-3 South Africa". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Autumn international: Ireland 28-19 Argentina". BBC Sport. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Stockdale: From school fringe player to record breaker". BBC Sport. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "'It's an absolute honour' - Stockdale named Six Nations Player of the Championship". The 42. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "As it happened: Stockdale scores try as Ireland beat New Zealand in Dublin thriller". Belfast Telegraph. 17 November 2018.
- ^ Jacob Stockdale, ESPN Scrum, 9 February 2019
- ^ O'Connor, Ruaidhri (20 March 2018). "All 30 of Ireland's Grand Slam contributors rated - but one man comes out on top". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Jacob Stockdale named Six Nations Player of the Tournament as Ireland claim top four spots". Irish Independent. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Jacob Stockdale on finding his self-belief, why family and faith are central to his life... and how his mum finally came around to his tattoo". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ Leonard, Victoria (26 February 2019). "How Ireland rugby hero Jacob Stockdale tackles being Christian in rugby world". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ McGarry, Patsy. "Jacob Stockdale: I pray before the game, I pray after the game, I pray during the game sometimes". The Irish Times.
External links[]
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Irish rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Lisburn
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Ulster Rugby players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks