Paddy Ryan (rugby union, born 1988)

Paddy Ryan
Birth name	Patrick Ryan
Date of birth	9 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)
School	St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Senior career
Years	Team
2014	Sydney Stars
2016–18	NSW Country Eagles
2018–21	Munakata Sanix Blues
2018	San Diego Legion
2021–22	San Diego Legion
2023–	Black Rams Tokyo
	Correct as of 21 February 2021
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2011–18	Waratahs
2022, 2024-	Waratahs
	Correct as of 31 May 2024
International career
Years	Team
2012–14	Australia
	Correct as of 8 June 2014

Paddy Ryan (born 9 August 1988) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a tight-head prop. Ryan played eight seasons for the New South Wales Waratahs, where he surpassed one hundred caps in Super Rugby. He was also capped for the Australian national team.

Early life

Ryan was born and raised in Tamworth in northern New South Wales. He went to St. Nicholas primary school before attending St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney, Australia as a boarding student.

Ryan made his senior debut for the Waratahs during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs. Leaving the Waratahs in 2018, Ryan subsequently played for the Munakata Sanix Blues in the Japan Rugby League One, and the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR).^[2]^[3] Ryan re-signed for the Waratahs in 2022.^[4]^[5]

^ "Paddy Ryan". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^ Bode, Mark (17 April 2020). "'Very fortunate': Ryan makes most of unexpected career path". The Northern Daily Leader. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "Paddy Ryan Returns to San Diego Legion". djcoilrugby. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ Coetzee, Dylan (10 May 2022). "Super Rugby: The return of Hanigan and Ryan welcomed by Waratahs". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "'I'm very fortunate to be back': Paddy's 'whirlwind' Waratahs postscript". The Northern Daily Leader. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.