Shaun Foley is an Australian rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player and a former member of the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

's (NRL) Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 squad.

Foley played in the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union team that lost to New Zealand

New Zealand

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 21-16 in 2004. Foley scored all 16 points for the Australian team.

Foley joined NRL side the Sydney Roosters in 2006, playing 7 games and scoring 6 tries. He scored two tries in the Roosters 40-20 victory over the North Queensland Cowboys

North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

. Foley signed with the Roosters until the end of 2008, but suffered from injuries in 2007 and missed most of the 2008 season due to a broken ankle.

After coming off contract in 2008, Foley returned to rugby union with Sydney grade club Randwick

Randwick DRUFC

Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...

, but was called up to the Australian rugby sevens side before his first training session with Randwick.