Ned Hanigan

Ned Hanigan
	Hanigan with Australia in 2022
Full name	Ned Michael Hanigan
Born	11 April 1995 (age 31); Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	114.3 kg (18 st 0 lb; 252 lb)
School	St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
University	University of New South Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker, No. 8, Lock
Current team	Provence
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2013−	Randwick
Senior career
Years	Team
2015–2019	NSW Country Eagles
2016–2020	Waratahs
2021–2022	Kurita Water Gush
2022–2024	Waratahs
2024–	Provence
	Correct as of 14 February 2025
International career
Years	Team
2013	Australia Schoolboys
2015	Australia U20
2017–	Australia
2023	Australia A
	Correct as of 26 August 2023

Ned Hanigan (born 11 April 1996) is an Australian retired professional rugby union player who most recently played for Provence in the French Pro D2 competition. He mostly played as a blindside flanker or lock.^[1]

Early life and career

Hanigan was born in Dubbo, Central New South Wales and raised in Coonamble in the Central West of New South Wales.^[2] After high school, he began studying science at University of New South Wales (UNSW) alongside Shute Shield rugby with Randwick, winning Premiership Rugby title with their Colts side before progressing on to their first team. During this time, he also represented New South Wales at Under-20 level in 2014 and 2015 and played for the New South Wales Country Eagles during the 2015 National Rugby Championship.^[1]

Professional career

Hanigan trained with the Waratahs wider training group in 2015 and then made the full squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. As a youngster competing against Wallaby internationals such as Dean Mumm, Will Skelton and Dave Dennis for a starting place, Hanigan's game time was limited to just 3 substitute appearances in his debut season.^[1]^[3]

International

Hanigan represented Australia at schoolboy level and was an important member of the side on their grand-slam European tour in 2013. He was also a member of the Australia Under-20 which competed at the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Italy after which he was named his side's MVP for the tournament.^[1]^[3] Hanigan made his debut for the Australian Wallabies in 2017 against Fiji.

Super Rugby statistics

As of 29 August 2020 ^[4]

Season	Team	Apps	Start	Sub	Mins	T	Pts	YC
2016	Waratahs	3	0	3	41	0	0	0
2017	Waratahs	12	11	1	902	3	15	2
2018	Waratahs	15	15	0	1085	4	20	0
2019	Waratahs	13	13	0	849	1	5	0
2020 AU	Waratahs	8	7	1	498	0	0	1
Total		51	46	5	3375	8	40	3

References

1 2 3 4 "Ned Hanigan NSW Waratahs Player Profile". Waratahs. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
↑ Martin, Neil (19 July 2018). "Tries and tutes: Wallabies star mixes UNSW student life with international rugby". unsw.edu.au. University of New South Wales.
1 2 "NSW Country Eagles lock Ned Hanigan: An old head on very young shoulders". Rugby Australia. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
↑ "Ned Hanigan itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

External links

Ned Hanigan at ESPNscrum (archived)

Ned Hanigan at ItsRugby.fr (in French)

Ned Hanigan at All.Rugby

Ned Hanigan at RugbyDatabase.co.nz

[Ned_Hanigan_Waratahs_Player_Profile-1] 1 2 3 4 "Ned Hanigan NSW Waratahs Player Profile". Waratahs. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[2] Martin, Neil (19 July 2018). "Tries and tutes: Wallabies star mixes UNSW student life with international rugby". unsw.edu.au. University of New South Wales.

[country-eagles-3] 1 2 "NSW Country Eagles lock Ned Hanigan: An old head on very young shoulders". Rugby Australia. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[Ned_Hanigan_itsrugby_Player_Statistics-4] "Ned Hanigan itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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