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Chrissy McKaigue

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Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 35) Derry, Northern Ireland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2006–present	Slaughtneil
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Derry titles	5	12
Ulster titles	3	4
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2008–present	Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1
All Stars	1

Christopher McKaigue (born 13 July 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team.

McKaigue plays club football and hurling for Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's. He is a defender in football and a half forward in hurling.

He has represented Ireland in the International Rules Series.

Personal life

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McKaigue is from Slaughtneil. He went to secondary school at St Patrick's College, Maghera. McKaigue also worked Gaelcholáiste Dhoire as a Physical Education teacher and is a Gaeilge learner.

Football career

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Club

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McKaigue has won numerous senior titles in both codes with Slaughtneil.

In hurling he has won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship nine times and the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship four times.

In football he is the holder of five Derry Senior Football Championships and three Ulster Senior Club Football Championships.

Inter-county

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Minor

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McKaigue was vice-captain of the Derry Minor team that were runners-up in both the Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2007. Earlier that year he won the Ulster Minor Football League with the county, and lifted the cup as captain.

Under-21

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In 2008 McKaigue reached the Ulster Under 21 Championship final with Derry Under 21s, but they were beaten by Down due to a late goal.^[1]

Senior

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2008–2009

Later in 2008 he was drafted into the Derry Senior panel before the Championship meeting with Monaghan.^[2] He came on as a substitute in that game to make his Derry Senior debut and scored a point. He was involved from the start of the 2009 season - named in the Dr McKenna Cup,^[3] National League^[4] and Championship^[5] panels. Derry reached that year's National League final, but were defeated by Kerry.

2022

In 2022, he won his first Ulster Senior Football Championship and Derry's first since 1998. They went on to reach the All-Ireland semi final that year, losing out to Galway. McKaigue, aged 33, won an All Star, becoming one of the oldest first time winners of that award.^[6]

International rules

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He played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series.^[7]^[8] He also played in the 2014 International Rules Series.

Australian rules football career

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Chrissy McKaigue
Personal information
Full name	Christopher McKaigue
Date of birth	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 35)
Original team(s)	Slaughtneil (club)/Derry (county team)
Draft	No. 63, 2010 Rookie Draft, Sydney
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Defender

In September 2009, it was announced that Australian Football League side Sydney Swans had signed McKaigue as an international rookie.^[9] It was anticipated he would play as an attacking defender.^[9]

Honours

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Slaughtneil

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (3): 2014, 2016, 2017
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (4): 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
Derry Senior Football Championship (5): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
Derry Senior Hurling Championship (12): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Derry

Nicky Rackard Cup (1): 2017
Ulster Senior Football Championship (2): 2022, 2023
National football league (1): 2024

Individual

Club Hurling Team of the Year (1): 2020
Club Football Team of the Year (1): 2018
All Star (1): 2022

References

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^ U-, Ulster (7 April 2008). "Sucker-punch from Kelly denies Derry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
^ "Derry trio being watched". The Irish News. 15 July 2008.
^ "New faces in Antrim McKenna squad". BBC Sport Online. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
^ "Kielt and McKaigue in Derry squad". BBC Sport Online. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ "Derry footballers hit by injuries". BBC Sport Online. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ Roche, Frank (27 October 2022). "Kerry lead way as 11 rookie All Stars signal the changing landscape". Irish Independent.
^ "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
^ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Swans look to Ireland again, sign McKaigue". AFL official website. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Enda Lynn	Derry Senior Football Captain 2019–2022	Succeeded by Conor Glass

Derry football team – current senior panel

1 O. Lynch

8 C. Glass (c)
9 B. Rogers

Subs

26 N. Toner for Mulholland
23 N. Loughlin for Murray
17 E. Bradley for McFaul
25 C. Murphy for Cassidy

Subs not used: 16 R. Scullion; 18 D. Cassidy; 19 M. Doherty; 20 S. Downey; 21 R. Forbes; 22 D. Gilmore; 24 D. McDermott

Manager: M. Harte

Selector: G. Devlin; E. Muldoon; P. McFlynn; M. O'Brien

Above is the starting lineup vs Kerry on 30 June 2024

Slaughtneil squads

v t e Slaughtneil – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship runners-up
1 A. McMullan 2 F. McEldowney (c) 3 B. Rogers 4 K. McKaigue 5 C. Cassidy 6 C. McKaigue 7 B. McGuigan 8 Patsy Bradley 9 P. McGuigan 10 P. Kelly 11 C. Bradley 12 R. Bradley 13 G. Bradley 14 Paul Bradley 15 C. O'Doherty Subs used P. McNeill for C. Cassidy S. McGuigan for P. Kelly P. Cassidy for R. Bradley P. Kearney for B. McGuigan Manager M. Moran

v t e Slaughtneil – 2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship runners-up
1 A. McMullan 2 F. McEldowney (c) 3 B. Rogers 4 K. McKaigue 5 P. McNeill 6 C. McKaigue 7 K. Feeney 8 Patsy Bradley 9 P. Cassidy 10 Shane McGuigan 11 Paul Bradley 12 M. McGrath 13 C. Bradley 14 Sé McGuigan 15 C. O'Doherty Subs used 25 B. Cassidy for C. O'Doherty 21 R. Bradley for M. McGrath 17 B. McGuigan for K. Feeney 20 G. Bradley for Sé McGuigan Manager M. Moran

Derry squads

Derry – 2009 National Football League runners-up

1 B. Gillis
2 K. McGuckin
3 K. McCloy
4 G. O'Kane
19 C. McKaigue
18 B. McGuigan
7 S. L. McGoldrick
8 F. Doherty (c.)
9 J. Diver
10 E. Lynn
11 P. Murphy
12 B. Mullan
13 E. Bradley
14 Paddy Bradley
15 M. Lynch

Subs used: 22 J. Kielt for Paddy Bradley; 14 Paddy Bradley for B. Mullan; 25 D. McBride for G. O'Kane; 24 S. Bradley for P. Murphy; 27 R. Dillon for D. McBride

Subs not used: 16 S. McGuckin; 17 B. Óg McAlary; 20 E. Muldoon; 21 J. Conway; 23 P. Young; 26 J. Keenan; Patsy Bradley; Paul Bradley; E. Brown; P. Cartin; J. Deighan; C. Devlin; S.M. Lockhart; N. McCusker (vice-c.); B. McGoldrick; J. O'Kane

Manager: D. Cassidy

Backroom team: K. Madden; M. O'Connell; B. McRory

(Team as 2009 NFL final versus Kerry (26 April 2009))

v t e Derry - 2017 Nicky Rackard Cup champions (2nd title)
1 D. McDermott 2 P. Turner 3 S. Cassidy 4 D. McCloskey 5 P. Cleary 6 O. McCloskey 7 L. Óg Hinphey 8 C. McAllister 9 C. McKaigue 10 G. Bradley 11 M. McGrath 12 A. Grant 13 B. Rogers 14 B. Cassidy 15 C. Waldron Subs used K. Hinphey for C. McAllister N. Waldron for P. Turner C. O'Doherty for C. Waldron R. Convery for A. Grant B. Óg McGilligan for P. Cleary Manager C. McGurk

Ireland squads

v t e Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series
1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley

v t e Ireland football team – 2014 International Rules Series
1 Begley 2 Boyle 3 Cavanagh 4 Cregg 5 Donnelly 6 F. Hanley 7 P. Hanley 8 Hughes 9 Keegan 10 McCarthy 11 McDonald 12 McGee 13 McKaigue 14 McKernan 15 McLoughlin 16 McManus 17 Moran 18 Morgan 19 Munnelly 20 Murphy (c) 21 C. O'Neill 22 P. O'Neill 23 O'Rourke 24 O'Shea 25 Walsh (vc) Manager Earley

Awards

v t e 2018 Club Football Team of the Year
1 A. McMullan 2 L. Silke^FOTY 3 K. Fitzgerald 4 K. McKaigue 5 J. Murray 6 C. McKaigue 7 D. Wall 8 A. O'Donovan 9 Michael Farragher 10 E. O'Connor 11 C. Bradley 12 I. Burke 13 P. McBrearty 14 L. Connolly 15 Martin Farragher

v t e 2020 Club Hurling Team of the Year
1 J. McCormack 2 P. Stapleton 3 J. Holden 4 D. Mullen 5 E. Shefflin 6 B. Maher 7 S. Cooney 8 D. McCormack 9 C. McKaigue 10 B. Rogers 11 T. J. Reid 12 J. Kelly 13 D. Hutchinson 14 C. Fennelly 15 M. Kavanagh

v t e 2022 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 S. Ryan 2 C. McKaigue 3 J. Foley 4 L. Silke 5 T. Morley 6 J. Daly 7 G. White 8 C. Glass 9 C. McDaid 10 P. Clifford 11 S. O'Shea 12 C. Kilkenny 13 D. Clifford^FOTY 14 D. Comer 15 S. Walsh

v t e 2010 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Daniel Harris 2. Michael Coad 3. Sam Iles 4. Roland Ah Chee 5. Danny Stanley 6. Michael Newton 7. Robert Hicks 8. Michael Barlow 9. Majak Daw 10. Henry Playfair 11. Lewis Broome 12. Cameron Hitchcock 13. Wayde Skipper 14. Taite Silverlock 15. Jaryd Cachia 16. Mitch Golby 17. Luke Thompson 18. Tom Hunter 19. Brodie Moles 20. Mark Hutchings 21. Jack Weston
Second round	22. John Meesen 23. Pat Contin 24. Alex Silvagni 25. Matthew Scott 27. Andrew Strijk 28. Daniel Webb 29. Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 30. Ben Howlett 31. Joe Dare 32. Josh Dyson 33. Matthew Wright 34. Jack Carter 35. Andrew Hooper 36. Daniel Archer 37. Ben Johnson
Third round	38. Relton Roberts 40. Ashton Hams 41. Cameron Cloke 42. Michael Johnston (NSWSE) 43. Stewart Crameri 44. Levi Casboult 46. Matthew Jaensch 47. Seamus McNamara 48. Matthew Panos 49. Jarryd Allen 50. James Podsiadly
Fourth round	51. Nicholas Westhoff 53. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 54. Glenn Dawson 55. Marcus Marigliani 56. Simon White 58. Aidan Riley 59. Eddie Prato 60. Leigh Fisher 61. Jesse Stringer
Fifth round	62. Graham Polak 63. Chrissy McKaigue 64. Daniel Bass 65. John Williams 66. Joshua Donaldson 67. Niall McKeever 68. Patrick Rose 69. Tommy Walsh
Sixth round	70. Jamie O'Reilly 71. Nathan Gordon (NSWSE) 72. Jordon Johns (NSWSE) 73. Zach Tuohy 74. Sean Yoshuira (QLDPS) 75. Dylan McNeil 76. Claye Beams 78. Broc McCauley (QLDPS)

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