Mick Mathers
Rugby player
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Mick Mathers (born 1 March 1955 in Perth) is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player and current sporting administrator.
1 March 1955
| Born | Michael John Mathers 1 March 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School | Sydney Church of England Grammar North Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | 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.