{"id":462599,"date":"2026-02-06T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462599\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:34:08","slug":"yes-the-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-star-played-irish-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462599\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes. The &#8216;A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms&#8217; Star Played Irish Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rugby fans t<\/a>hought the new Game of Thrones spinoff series\u00a0\u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d\u00a0had a western Ireland feel to it, they weren\u2019t wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The third series set in George R.R. Martin\u2019s Game of Thrones universe stars Peter Claffey of Galway, Ireland, who is a former member of the Ireland U20 team and a player from the local province club team.<\/p>\n<p>Claffey stars as Ser Duncan the Tall in the new HBO series, which debuts in January 2026. He portrays a legendary knight who was mentioned in the original series. The show is based on Martin\u2019s 1998 book &#8220;The Hedge Knight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about Peter Claffey\u2019s rugby ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2019 Star Peter Claffey Played in the U20 Six Nations<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Six Nations begins on Feb. 5 when Ireland plays France, and there\u2019s probably an alternate universe where Claffey is on the Ireland team.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5 Claffey was part of the 2016 Ireland Under-20 squad that competed in the U20 Six Nations. He played in matches against France and England.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Claffey Played for Connacht Rugby<\/p>\n<p>Claffey played for Connacht from 2018\u20132019 following his U20 Six Nations experience but never broke through to the senior side. He left rugby in 2019 and enrolled at the Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From the scrum to the screen \ud83c\udfc9 \u27a1\ufe0f \ud83c\udfad<\/p>\n<p>Peter Claffey talks his leap from rugby to acting and gives a Six Nations preview that raises eyebrows \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will be available from 19th January on Sky and streaming service NOW \ud83d\udcfa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCtLtiUBJb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xCtLtiUBJb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkSPORT\/status\/2012979168477130937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 18, 2026<\/a>Get More Rugby News By Watch The FloRugby Podcast<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss the Rugby Round Up all throughout the Six Nations and the club rugby season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join The Rugby Conversation On FloRugby Social<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If rugby fans thought the new Game of Thrones spinoff series\u00a0\u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d\u00a0had a western&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-462599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}