Aidan McCullen

Who is Aidan McCullen?

Aidan McCullen is a retired Ireland national rugby union team player. He played as a back rower, who can play 6, 7 or 8 and has also played for Leinster at second row. He has played for the Ireland sevens side on many competitions including Hong Kong Sevens and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. He is one of Ireland's most capped sevens players, renowned for his ball handling ability.

When he played for US Dax, he was the youngest forward in the French first division in 1999 as a 20 year old.

McCullen has 20 European cup caps. He has over 60 caps for Leinster and won his one international 15s cap for the game between Ireland and Samoa on June 20, 2003. His international progress was halted by injury, before he was sought out and signed by Toulouse. In Toulouse McCullen was in the starting team keeping both Isitola Maka and Yannick Nyanga out of the team. His success at Toulouse was once again thwarted by injury, when he joined London Irish until 2008. McCullen returned to Ireland and coached his club side Lansdowne back to division one as a forwards coach.

McCullen now commentates for Setanta Sports covering the French Top 14. He is also an accomplished writer with Emerald Rugby Magazine, where his articles embody both intelligence and sporting experience.