Patrick "Paddy" Wallace was born on 27 August 1979 and is a Northern Ireland rugby union player who played for Ireland's national team and played for Ulster.
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27 Facts About Paddy Wallace
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Paddy Wallace was a member of the Ireland U19 side that lifted the U19 World Cup in 1998.
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Paddy Wallace was a member of the Ireland Grand Slam winning team of 2009.
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Paddy Wallace soon became a regular and was selected to play for Ireland A against the touring New Zealand All Blacks at Ravenhill.
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Paddy Wallace would come on as a second-half replacement for Bryn Cunningham and score the winning try.
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Paddy Wallace had 3 more starts that season, twice at outside centre and at fullback, all due to injuries to other squad members.
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Paddy Wallace was though successfully used as an impact substitute off the bench scoring a number of tries from here.
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Paddy Wallace made a number of appearances off the bench in this period but having come on for David Humphreys in the away Heineken Cup defeat to Gloucester he damaged knee ligaments that would see him ruled out until the new year.
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Paddy Wallace played poorly that night and his lack of game time was apparent.
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Paddy Wallace's performances were rewarded with very positive reviews and it seemed his confidence was finally returning.
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Paddy Wallace scored 26 points, including a try, 6 conversions and 3 penalties.
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Paddy Wallace did however, towards the end of the campaign, get some game time at out-half as opposed to in the centre.
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Paddy Wallace had a good game however had to retire during the 2nd half after sustaining a knee injury.
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The loss of Paddy Wallace was undoubtedly crucial in Ireland losing the game.
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Paddy Wallace was named in Eddie O'Sullivan's 50-man training squad in preparation for the forthcoming World Cup to be held in France.
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Paddy Wallace made his fifth test appearance in Ireland's World Cup Warm-Up test against Scotland at Murrayfield.
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The next day Paddy Wallace was duly named in Ireland's squad for the World Cup.
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Outside of Irish legend Ronan O'Gara Paddy Wallace was the only recognised Out-Half in the Irish squad, something which drew much criticism upon coach Eddie O'Sullivan.
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Paddy Wallace came on as a substitute in the non-cap warm-up game with French Top 14 side Bayonne; a match that as subsequently been dubbed the "Battle of Bayonne" due to the extremely physical nature of the game which included Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll leaving the field with a broken sinus.
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Paddy Wallace was named in the Ireland squad for their summer tour games against the Barbarians, New Zealand and Australia.
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Paddy Wallace was chosen for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and played two games but missed the 2012 Six Nations Championship through injury.
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Paddy Wallace played 9 times for Ulster Rugby in the league scoring 3 tries.
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