Rugby player Jordan Conroy and Love Island star Matthew MacNabb are final celebrities to join new series of Dancing with the Stars

Jordan Conroy and Matthew MacNabb have been announced as the final two celebrity dancers who will take to the floor for Dancing with the Stars in January. The pair were announced on Jennifer Zamparelli on RT 2fm this morning. The professional dancer line-up and celebrity pairings will be announced in the coming weeks, before the beginning of the show in the New Year.

Jordan Conroy

Jordan Conroy is an Irish rugby union player who plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team. Jordan took up rugby relatively late, at the age of 18, having dabbled in athletics and soccer. He made his Irish rugby sevens debut in 2016 at the Amsterdam sevens and Newcastle sevens tournaments. Jordan's most successful season came in 2019 when at the 2019 Hong Kong sevens qualifier for the 2019-20 season, Conroy led all try scorers with 10 tries in the tournament, earning the Player of the Tournament award. He was part of the team that represented Ireland at the 2020 Olympics this year.

Jordan says: I'm really excited to put my dancing skills to the test and looking forward to swapping out rugby boots for the shiny dancing shoes! It will definitely be a change of scenery, I can't wait to have fun with it and learn different dances - I do love a good boogie! I have to say there's a winning mentality and I'm in to win!

Matthew MacNabb

Co. Down-native, Matthew MacNabb set the screens alight earlier this Summer when he appeared on Love Island. A late entry to the villa, Matthew entered as part of the Casa Amor' twist which saw original islander Kaz dump her partner for him. Matthew became known for his dry sense of humour. He went viral when he ended his relationship with Kaz, in what was deemed the quickest dumping in Love Island history with two words, we're done. Matthew lasted three weeks in the villa before being eliminated. He is an avid GAA player, playing for his local club, Russell Gaelic Union Downpatrick. .

Matthew says: I'm really excited to join the show, I love an adventure and when the opportunity to learn to dance came along it seemed like a great challenge to start off the New Year. I've always wanted to learn to dance, so why not do it on live television?

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