Mick Mathers (born 1 March 1955 in Perth) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player and current sporting administrator.
| Birth name | Michael John Mathers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 March 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sydney Church of England Grammar North Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
- ^ BERT GUNNS HONOUR ROLL Archived 16 January 2014 at archive.today
- ^ "HSBC Waratahs Representatives". Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ ASRU CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS 1973 - 2012 Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Australian Schoolboys to play Samoa at Ballymore
- ^ Mick Mathers
- ^ UNIÓN ARGENTINA DE RUGBY MEMORIA Temporada año 1979 Archived 1 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wallabies' forgotten men reappears
- ^ Tim Gavin elected President of NSW Rugby Union