Biography
Sean O'Loughlin was born 24 November 1982 in Wigan, England. O'Loughlin's dad, Keiron, and uncle, Kevin, both played more than 250 games for Wigan in the 1970s. His father Keiron O'Loughlin was an ex-Great Britain player who also featured in the 1983-84 Challenge Cup final for the Widnes side which achieved victory over Wigan. It was the Wigan-based amateur club Wigan St. Patrick's ARLFC which gave Sean his first experience of competitive rugby league. He had already gained international experience as part of the 2001 Great Britain Academy of Australia, a product of the Wigan academy, for whom he started playing in under-19s matches in 2001, and continued to do so in 2002. During his time at the academy, O'Loughlin played in a variety of positions, including a game against Wakefield Trinity in the senior academy championships where he played at Centre scoring two tries, and another against Hull Kingston Rovers where he scored a try playing at Second-row.
In 2002, he also featured in two matches during the cross-code Middlesex Sevens tournament, playing at Scrum-half in a team composed of both Wigan and Orrell R.U.F.C. players. Because of this, O'Loughlin remains one of only a handful of rugby league players ever to play at Twickenham, the home of English rugby union, along with those in the St Helens, Bradford and Huddersfield teams who competed in the 2001 and 2006 Challenge Cup finals.
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