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| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory Grugan (born 1991) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Armagh county team.[1][2][3][4][5]
Grugan was a key member of Paul McShane’s 2009 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winning Armagh team, scoring a point in the final defeat of Mayo.[2]
In 2025, Grugan became the first inter-county player to coach in clubs and schools across France for a Gaelic Games Europe project in partnership with the Gaelic Players Association.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 July 2024[citation needed]
| Team | Year | National League | Ulster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Armagh | 2011 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |||
| 2012 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||||
| 2013 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||||
| 2014 | 2 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-02 | 6 | 0-03 | ||||
| 2015 | ******** DNP ******* | |||||||||
| 2016 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 1-02 | 2 | 1-02 | ||||
| 2017 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-15 | 6 | 0-15 | ||||
| 2018 | 1 | 0-03 | 4 | 2-21 | 5 | 2-24 | ||||
| 2019 | 3 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-03 | 5 | 0-04 | ||||
| 2020 | 2 | 0-03 | - | 2 | 0-03 | |||||
| 2021 | 2 | 1-05 | - | 2 | 1-05 | |||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0-05 | 3 | 2-07 | 4 | 2-12 | ||||
| 2023 | 4 | 0-07 | 4 | 0-13 | 8 | 0-20 | ||||
| 2024 | 3 | 0-07 | 6 | 0-07 | 9 | 0-14 | ||||
| Career total | 20 | 1-32 | 30 | 5-70 | 50 | 6-102 | ||||
References
- ^ "In Profile: Rory Grugan still pondering a world of infinite possibilities with Armagh". 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b Crossan, Brendan (15 December 2023). "Players like Armagh's Rory Grugan always keep coming back".
- ^ Casey, Shaun (29 December 2022). "Rory Grugan gearing up for another year with Armagh".
- ^ "Rory Grugan leads clinical Armagh as Fermanagh hit self-destruct button in first half". 15 April 2024.
- ^ "'We'd love to win an Ulster title' – Armagh and Rory Grugan determined to win some silverware". 24 April 2024.
- ^ Gaa.ie (25 September 2025). "Rory Grugan heads to France to coach Gaelic football in the native tongue". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
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