Background
He attended his first rugby match at only two weeks old to watch his father play for what is now Belfast Harlequins and spent his childhood at the club
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Michael Allen
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Allen was educated at Methodist College Belfast.
Career
Allen has represented Rugby at Under 18, Under 19 level and Academy level He made his first team debut against Leinster and The RDS in 2012 and was awarded with a Senior Contract in 2013. In the 2012-2013 season, Allen scored his first senior try against Cardiff Blues and was named on the bench for the Final, coming on in the 64th minute in the 24–18 defeat to Leinster.
In the 2013-2014 season, Allen made his breakthrough playing Wing due to injuries to Tommy Bowe and Andrew Trimble, scoring a try against Connacht and two against Treviso.
He has spoken about the competition he faces at wing with Bowe, Trimble and Craig Gilroy, who are all Internationals, saying "Obviously they’re three world class players but I can’t dwell on that. I have to try and make the most of the game time that I get but at the same time I recognise how tough it is.
My priority is to play well enough to ensure that Mark (Anscombe, coach) has a decision to make each week.”
Allen represented Schools at under-19 Level. In 2013, Allen was selected for the Emerging squad to play at the 2013 Institutional Review Board Tbilisi Cup in Georgia where he scored a try in a 19–8 defeat to South Africa President"s XV. Emerging beat Uruguay 42–33 on 16 June 2013 to secure a second-place finish in the tournament.
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Ireland