Neil Best
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| Neil Best | |||
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| Date of birth | April 3 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast | ||
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| Position | Flanker | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| Ulster | |||
| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |
 Ireland |
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Neil Best (born 3 April 1979 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Ulster Rugby and the Irish national team.
Best was a relative late comer to rugby, starting his career with Malone RFC. He has a BSc and MA in chemical engineering. He scored 7 tries for Ulster in 2006 - three in the Heineken Cup and four in the Celtic League.
He made his Senior international début for Ireland as a replacement v New Zealand in November 2005. Also in November 2005, he scored his 1st Test try for v Romania.
His form for Ulster and during the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand saw Best included in the Ireland squad for the 2006 Autumn Internationals. He was named man of the match in Ireland's 21-6 victory against Australia at Lansdowne Road. His performance that day was described as being like that of a man "deranged," with Keith Wood saying at half time, "Best looks, well, he looks slightly mad really".
It was announced in February of 2008 that Best would be joining English side Northampton Saints at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
In May 2008, Neil punched Cobus Visagie in the face during the Barbarians vs Ireland game.
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