Bernard Foley

Bernard Foley
Foley in 2014
Birth nameBernard Foley
Date of birth (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb)
SchoolSt Aloysius' College, Sydney
Redfield College, Sydney
UniversityUniversity of Sydney
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half/ Inside Centre/ Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Sydney University 5 (61)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Sydney Stars 0 (0)
2015–2016 Ricoh Black Rams 9 (54)
2016 NSW Country Eagles 0 (0)
2020– Kubota Spears 20 (208)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2019 New South Wales Waratahs 119 (1,092)
Correct as of 10 May 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Australia 76 (673)
Correct as of 27 April 2023
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2010–2011 Australia sevens 1
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Team competition

Bernard Foley (born 8 September 1989) is an Australian rugby player of Irish descent. He plays professionally for the Australia national rugby team and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both fullback and fly-half as well as inside centre. Foley has earned the nickname "the iceman" after successful game winning penalty goals, 2 August 2014,[1] 18 October 2015.[2]

Foley has had a vast amount of experience in rugby and played at a variety of differing teams and competitions both domestically and internationally. In his early years Foley played rugby sevens for Australia and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he received a silver medal in the final of the rugby sevens tournament for his services for the team that took place in Delhi, India. Foley has played for the amateur club team Sydney University since 2012, who compete annually in the state-based competition the Shute Shield. During the 2015–16 Japanese Top League season, after his successful season with the Waratahs just a season beforehand, Foley played for Tokyo-based club Ricoh Black Rams. And recently is playing club rugby in the National Rugby Championship for the New South Wales Country Eagles. He has played for the Australian Super Rugby franchise the New South Wales Waratahs since 2011 and Australia since 2013.

  1. ^ "Waratahs end title drought with victory over Crusaders in Super Rugby final". The Guardian. 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Bernard Foley's last-minute penalty seals 35–34 victory for Australia". World Rugby. 19 October 2015.