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John Madigan (rugby union)

Irish rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ21066651 ↗
Source-derived summary

John Madigan (born 1 September 1994) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a lock for French Rugby Pro D2 side Béziers.

Munster

Madigan made his debut for Munster on 5 September 2015, starting in the opening game of the 2015–16 Pro12 against Treviso. On 19 May 2017, it was announced that Madigan would leave Munster at the end of the 2016–17 season. His father, John Madigan Snr, also played for Munster.

Career in France

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Madigan joined French Rugby Pro D2 side RC Massy. He joined Béziers ahead of the 2020–21 season.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “John Madigan (rugby union)” as irish rugby union player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2015, 2017, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-09-01. The account is most persuasive where John, Madigan and rugby can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as irish rugby union player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q21066651. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2015, 2017 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “John Madigan (rugby union)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.