Harley Fox
{{short description|Australian rugby union player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|13}}
| birth_place = Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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| weight = {{convert|115|kg|stlb}}
| ru_currentteam = Connacht
| ru_currentposition = Flanker
| ru_position = Flanker
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| provinceyears2 = 2017–2018
| province1 = Melbourne Rebels Rising
| province2 = Connacht
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| school = St Edmund's College, Ipswich
Anglican Church Grammar School
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Harley Fox (born 13 January 1996) is an Australian rugby union player. He has played in the blindside flanker and number 8 positions for the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competitions{{cite web |url=https://melbournerebels.com/team/players/ |title=Players - Melbourne Rebels |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211225340/https://melbournerebels.com/team/players |url-status=dead }} and for Irish club Connacht in the European United Rugby Championship competition.{{cite news|last1=Fallon|first1=John|title=IRFU's Fox hunt pays dividends as Australian youngster set to sign with Connacht|url=http://www.the42.ie/connacht-academy-add-australian-back-row-3515297-Jul2017/|work=The42|language=en}}
Early life
Fox grew up in Ipswich, Queensland playing rugby league for the local Brothers club as a junior and attending primary school at Raceview State School. Fox represented Queensland in both rugby league and rugby union at under 16 and under 18 age levels.{{cite news|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/fox-on-run-for-more-rep-duty/2424196/ |title=Fox on run for more rep duty |date=20 October 2014 |newspaper=Queensland Times |last=Buchan |first=Jay|access-date=17 December 2015}}
Fox attended St Edmund’s College in Ipswich, where he played a variety of sports, including cricket and baseball. Fox transferred to Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane to take up a rugby union scholarship, where he was coached and mentored by future Queensland Reds under 20s coach Jason Gilmore. In September 2014, he was named captain of the Australian Schoolboys team, with the rapidity of his success in switching codes being described as "remarkable".{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/churchie-student-harley-fox-realises-childhood-dream-of-captaining-an-australian-football-team/news-story/ |title=Churchie student Harley Fox realises childhood dream of captaining an Australian football team |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |last=Heslehurst |first=Brayden |date=14 October 2014 |access-date=17 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/14077/Queenslander-Harley-Fox-named-as-Australian-Schools-captain.aspx |title=Queenslander Harley Fox named as Australian Schools captain |publisher=Queensland Reds |date=23 September 2014 |access-date=17 December 2015}} He led the Australian Schholboys team on tour to Wellington, New Zealand in September and October 2014, which featured a 50–15 win over the Fiji Schoolboys team.
Professional career
=Queensland Reds=
Fox received a contract for the Queensland Reds and the Australian Rugby Union under-20 program for the 2015 season. He was named in the Queensland under-20 representative squad for the national championships in March 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/14854/Reds-Under-20s-squad-named-ahead-of-National-Championships.aspx |title=Reds Under-20s squad named ahead of National Championships |publisher=Queensland Reds |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}
=Melbourne Rebels=
In October 2015, Fox was signed by the Melbourne Rebels to their extended squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-union/rebels/melbourne-rebels-bolster-squad-with-four-super-rugby-signings-20151028-gkktxf.html |title=Melbourne Rebels bolster squad with four Super Rugby signings |newspaper=The Age |last=Ward |first=Roy |date=28 October 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}
=Connacht Rugby=
In September 2017, Irish Pro14 side Connacht announced that Fox would be joining its three-year academy program ahead of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|title=Connacht Rugby confirm Academy Squad for 2017/18 Season|url=http://www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-rugby-confirm-academy-squad-for-201718-season/|work=www.connachtrugby.ie|publisher=Conancht Rugby|date=11 September 2017}} Fox was not an Irish national, but having signed ahead of changes to the World Rugby regulations around international qualification, which come into effect in the 2018–19 season, Fox would be eligible to represent Ireland after three years of residency.{{cite news|title=World Rugby announces historic eligibility regulation reform|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/245382|agency=World Rugby|date=10 May 2017|language=en-gb}}
Super Rugby Statistics
{{updated|6 November 2017|{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_37773.html | title=Player Statistics | work=It's Rugby}}}}
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| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | {{Rut|Rebels}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | {{Rut|Rebels}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |
References
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Category:Melbourne Rebels players
Category:Connacht Rugby players
Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Rugby union number eights
Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Ireland
Category:Melbourne Rising players
Category:Rugby union players from Ipswich, Queensland
Category:People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School