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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Irish rugby union player</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rugby player</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-08-19</span>) </span>19 August 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 27)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Enniskillen" title="Enniskillen">Enniskillen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">89 kg (14.0 st; 196 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Portora_Royal_School" title="Portora Royal School">Portora Royal School</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#Wing" title="Rugby union positions">Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#Full-back" title="Rugby union positions">Fullback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Amateur team(s)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2016</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> Enniskillen RFC</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Senior career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2018–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Rugby" title="Ulster Rugby">Ulster</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 69</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (145)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 26 April 2024</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2021–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 4</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (10)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2022</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Emerging_Ireland" title="Emerging Ireland">Emerging Ireland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 2</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 12 November 2022</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">National sevens team</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Comps</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2018</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Ireland national rugby sevens team">Ireland 7s</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 6</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Robert Baloucoune</b> (born 19 August 1997) is an Irish <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player who plays on the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#Wing" title="Rugby union positions">wing</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_Rugby_Championship" title="United Rugby Championship">United Rugby Championship</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup" title="European Rugby Champions Cup">European Champions Cup</a> side <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Rugby" title="Ulster Rugby">Ulster</a>, and internationally for <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baloucoune&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baloucoune was born in <a href="/wiki/Enniskillen" title="Enniskillen">Enniskillen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>; his father is from <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TakingChances_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TakingChances-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baloucoune attended <a href="/wiki/Portora_Royal_School" title="Portora Royal School">Portora Royal School</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Enniskillen_Royal_Grammar_School" title="Enniskillen Royal Grammar School">Enniskillen Royal Grammar School</a>) and represented Enniskillen RFC in the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Towns_Cup" title="Ulster Towns Cup">Ulster Towns Cup</a>, being part of the team that lost the 2017 final to <a href="/wiki/Ballynahinch_RFC" title="Ballynahinch RFC">Ballynahinch 2nds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Robert_Baloucoune_debut_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robert_Baloucoune_debut-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was selected by <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Ireland national rugby sevens team">Ireland 7s</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2018_Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens">2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens</a>, where they won the Challenge Trophy by beating <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia national rugby sevens team">Australia</a> 24–14 and finished ninth overall. He was also part of the squad that won the <a href="/wiki/2018_Rugby_Europe_Sevens_Grand_Prix_Series" title="2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series">2018 Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series</a>, Ireland's first Europe Grand Prix title.<sup id="cite_ref-Robert_Baloucoune_debut_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robert_Baloucoune_debut-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His performances for Ireland resulted in him earning a place in Ulster's academy part-way through the 2017–18 season.<sup id="cite_ref-TakingChances_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TakingChances-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senior_career">Senior career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baloucoune&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Senior career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He made his senior debut for Ulster in their 36–18 win against Welsh side <a href="/wiki/Dragons_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragons (rugby union)">Dragons</a> on 26 October 2018, in round 7 of the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Pro14" title="2018–19 Pro14">Pro14</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his <a href="/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup" title="European Rugby Champions Cup">Champions Cup</a> debut in round 5 of the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_European_Rugby_Champions_Cup_pool_stage#Pool_4" title="2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage">2018–19 tournament</a>, starting against French side <a href="/wiki/Racing_92" title="Racing 92">Racing 92</a> and scoring a try in Ulster's 26–22 win on 12 January 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made 14 appearances and scored six tries in the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Ulster_Rugby_season" title="2018–19 Ulster Rugby season">2018–19 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-its_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-its-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and signed a development contract ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Ulster_Rugby_season" title="2019–20 Ulster Rugby season">2019–20 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He sustained a hamstring avulsion injury in training in August 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which kept him out until February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the meantime, he signed a two-year contract extension in January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-deals_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Ulster_Rugby_season" title="2021–22 Ulster Rugby season">2021–22 season</a> he made 13 appearances for Ulster and scored nine tries,<sup id="cite_ref-its_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-its-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a hat-trick against <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a> in the Champions Cup,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was nominated for Ulster's men's player of the year award.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baloucoune&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was called up as a development player by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Farrell" title="Andy Farrell">Andy Farrell</a>, training with the Ireland squad before the <a href="/wiki/2020_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2020 Six Nations Championship">2020 Six Nations Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deals_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deals-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021 he was called up to the senior <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland squad</a> for the Summer tests.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his debut against the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national rugby union team">USA</a> on 10 July 2021, playing 80 minutes and scoring a try in the 17th minute.<sup id="cite_ref-First_IRE_cap_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_IRE_cap-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was unavailable for <a href="/wiki/2022_Ireland_rugby_union_tour_of_New_Zealand" title="2022 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand">2022 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand</a> with injury,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was selected for the <a href="/wiki/Emerging_Ireland" title="Emerging Ireland">Emerging Ireland</a> squad for the <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Challenge" title="Toyota Challenge">Toyota Challenge</a> in South Africa in September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Baloucoune&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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