Tate McDermott
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Full name | Tate M. McDermott[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bundaberg, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sunshine Coast Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Flynn McDermott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Professional Australian Rugby Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tate McDermott (born 18 September 1998) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Australian national rugby union team internationally and theReds in the Super Rugby competition.[2] His position of choice is scrum-half.
In 2017, McDermott made his Australian Men's Seven debut at the Wellington Sevens.[1] He also debuted in 2017 in the NRC Championship for Queensland Country. In round 2 of the 2018 Super Rugby season, McDermott made his debut off the bench for the Queensland Reds. McDermott has since had a stellar 2020 campaign with the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby AU starting all nine matches played and scoring 10 points.
McDermott used to surf competitively but quit to focus on rugby when his childhood friend drowned at the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships on the Gold Coast.[3]
International career[]
In Late 2020, McDermott was called up to the Wallabies as scrum-half under Dave Rennie, which was an extended 44-man squad. He was rewarded due to an excellent season with the Reds.[4] He made his debut against the New Zealand national rugby union team in a record 43-5 loss. He played all games in the 2021 France rugby union tour of Australia, starting in one game and coming off the bench for the rest, and scoring his maiden try in the deciding test, won 33-30 and confirming the Trophee des Bicentenaries would remain with Australia. McDermott also appeared in the 2021 Bledisloe Cup series, where the Wallabies lost both games at Eden Park in Auckland.
McDermott played a pivotal role in the Wallabies' wins against the Springboks and the Pumas, but was replaced by fellow halfback Nic White in a test against Argentina, forcing him to be benched, and dropped all-together in the final test against Los Pumas, being replaced by Jake Gordon.
References[]
- ^ "Tate McDermott Australia". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Tate McDermott". www.redsrugby.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Emma Greenwood (12 April 2019). "How losing a mate helped shape Tate McDermott's rugby journey". rugby.co.au. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "BREAKING: 16 uncapped players named for Wallabies as new dawn starts under Rennie ahead of Bledisloe Tests". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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- Australia international rugby union players
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Queensland Country (NRC team) players
- Queensland Reds players
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