Pat McCutcheon
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Pat McCutcheon
| image = PAT MCCUTCHEON (15261783691).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = McCutcheon in 2014
| birth_name = Patrick McCutcheon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|6|24}}
| birth_place = Narromine, New South Wales, Australia[http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/patrick-mccutcheon Pat McCutcheon]. rio2016.olympics.com.au
| weight = {{convert|105|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}
| school = St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
| university = Sydney University
| relatives =
| position = Loose forward
| years1 = 2007
| years2 = 2014−
| ru_clubupdate = 3 November 2015
| clubs1 = Sydney Fleet
| clubs2 = Sydney Stars
| apps1 = 5
| apps2 = 8
| points1 = 0
| points2 = 5
| ru_currentclub =
| super1 = Waratahs
| superyears1 = 2010–
| superapps1 = 35
| superpoints1 = 5
| ru_currentteam =
| super14update = 28 June 2015
| province1 =
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| provinceapps1 =
| provincepoints1 =
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| repyears1 = 2006
| repyears2 = 2005
| repteam1 = Australia U-19
| repteam2 = Australia Schoolboys
| repcaps1 =
| reppoints1 =
| ru_ntupdate =
| repsevensyears1 = 2007–10
| repsevensteam1 = Australia 7s
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| medals = {{MedalSport | Men's rugby sevens }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi | Team competition }}
}}
Patrick "Pat" McCutcheon (born 24 June 1987) is an Australia professional rugby union footballer. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition, and his usual position is loose forward.
Family and early life
McCutcheon was born and raised in the small New South Wales farming town of Narromine. He was educated at St. Joseph's College in Sydney, and he played in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby team in 2005. His brother Lachlan McCutcheon also represented Australia as a schoolboy, but did not gain representative honours at a senior level.
McCutcheon is married to Skye McCutcheon. He served as an ambassador for the Raise Foundation and Cure Brain Cancer Foundation,[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mccutcheon-pat-1177085/index.html Pat McCutcheon]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. nbcolympics.com and is completing a program of Bachelor of Spatial Science and Surveying.
McCutcheon played for the Australian Under 19 team in 2006, and was selected for the Australian sevens team in 2007.
Rugby career
McCutcheon made his debut for the Waratahs against the New Zealand Super 14 rugby team, the Otago Highlanders, in the 2010 Super 14 rugby season, as a flanker.
In October 2010, he was a member of the Australia Sevens Rugby Union team to win the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games taking place in Delhi, India. Australia lost to New Zealand in a closely fought final contest. He was appointed as captain of the Australian Sevens team for the 2009/10 IRB Series.
McCutcheon toured Hong Kong and Europe with the Wallabies at the end of 2010, but did not play a Test.
In 2012, he broke his ankle in round three of Super Rugby, playing for the Waratahs against the Highlanders in Dunedin, ending his season. Later in November 2015 he had a hamstring injury that took him out of competitions until April 2016.
Reference list
{{Reflist|colwidth=25em|refs=
| title = Waratahs profile
| website = waratahs.com.au
| accessdate = 8 February 2014
| url = http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerDetail.aspx?pid=133
| url-status = live
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140207195921/http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerDetail.aspx?pid=133
| archivedate = 7 February 2014
}}
| title = Australian 7s profile
| website = aru.rugby.com.au
| accessdate = 8 February 2014
| url = http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/players/sevens/2007-08/mccutcheon,_pat,73971.html
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070729125338/http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/players/sevens/2007-08/mccutcheon,_pat,73971.html
| archivedate = 29 July 2007
}}
{{cite web
| publisher = Australian Rugby
| title = NSW Schoolboys win title & dominate Australian team
| url = http://my.rugby.com.au/news/2002_september/nsw_schoolboys_win_title__dominate_australi_14750,4036.html/news/archive/section/21893
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130403203717/http://my.rugby.com.au/news/2002_september/nsw_schoolboys_win_title__dominate_australi_14750,4036.html/news/archive/section/21893
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2013-04-03
}}
|date = 6 May 2011
|first = Bret
|last = Harris
|title = Pat McCutcheon faces Wallaby Force field
|work = The Australian
|accessdate = 8 February 2014
|url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/pat-mccutcheon-faces-wallaby-force-field/story-e6frg7o6-1226050735106
|url-status = live
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20140207200938/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/pat-mccutcheon-faces-wallaby-force-field/story-e6frg7o6-1226050735106
|archivedate = 7 February 2014
}}
| date = 9 August 2012
| first = Iain
| last = Payten
| title = Waratahs to install Pat McCutcheon as club captain for 2013
| work = The Daily Telegraph
| accessdate = 9 February 2014
| url = http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/waratahs-to-install-pat-mccutcheon-as-club-captain-for-2013/story-fndpu1x3-1226446230831
}}
}}
External links
{{Commons category|Pat McCutcheon}}
- [http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/SuperRugbySquad/PlayerDetail.aspx?pid=133 Waratahs profile]
- {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20070729125338/http://www.aru.rugby.com.au/players/sevens/2007-08/mccutcheon,_pat,73971.html |title=Australian 7s profile |date=dmy}}
- {{World Rugby Sevens Series player}}
- {{AOC profile|patrick-mccutcheon}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|pat-mccutcheon}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{CGF}}
{{Australia 2016 Summer Olympics Squad}}
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Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:New South Wales Waratahs players
Category:Rugby union players from New South Wales
Category:Australia international rugby sevens players
Category:Male rugby sevens players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill