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