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Mick Mathers

Mick Mathers

Rugby player

Mick Mathers (born 1 March 1955 in Perth) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player and current sporting administrator.

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During his career he made over one hundred appearances for Eastwood Rugby Club[1] and he played fourteen times for New South Wales.[2]

As vicecaptain[3] he toured the British Isles in 1973–74 with the Australian Schoolboys team.[4] In 1980 he played two tests for Wallabies,[5] but was also involved in 1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina and 1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland captaining the Wallabies in a few non-test matches.[6][7]

In 2012 he was elected vicepresident of New South Wales Rugby Union.[8]

His son, Phil Mathers, was a member of the winning Australian team at the 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship.

References

  1. [1]
    BERT GUNNS HONOUR ROLL Archived 16 January 2014 at archive.today
  2. [2]
    "HSBC Waratahs Representatives". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    ASRU CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS 1973 - 2012 Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Australian Schoolboys to play Samoa at Ballymore
  5. [5]
    Mick Mathers
  6. [6]
    UNIÓN ARGENTINA DE RUGBY MEMORIA Temporada año 1979 Archived 1 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    Wallabies' forgotten men reappears
  8. [8]
    Tim Gavin elected President of NSW Rugby Union
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