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'''John David "Brock" Brockhoff''' was an Australian Rugby Union player, coach, administrator and businessman who played 25 games, including 8 tests as flanker for the Wallabies between 1949 and 1953, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979. He also played for New South Wales between 1949 and 1954. |
'''John David "Brock" Brockhoff''' was an Australian Rugby Union player, coach, administrator and businessman who played 25 games, including 8 tests as [[flanker]] for the Wallabies between 1949 and 1953, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979. He also played for New South Wales between 1949 and 1954. |
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==Early Life== |
==Early Life== |
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Born in Sydney's Rose Bay, Brockoff was educated at Sydney’s Scots College, where he appeared in the First XV for three straight years. He was from a family who were successful in the flour milling business in Sydney and he was very successful in the biscuit industry. |
Born in Sydney's Rose Bay, Brockoff was educated at Sydney’s [[Scots College]], where he appeared in the First XV for three straight years. He was from a family who were successful in the flour milling business in Sydney and he was very successful in the biscuit industry. |
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==Playing Career== |
==Playing Career== |
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He attended Sydney University, where gained blues in rugby union through four consecutive years from 1948 to 1951, playing 95 games for the University club before he joined Eastern Suburbs in 1953. |
He attended Sydney University]], where gained blues in rugby union through four consecutive years from 1948 to 1951, playing 95 games for the University club before he joined Eastern Suburbs in 1953. |
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His position of choice was flanker and he played 8 tests for the wallabies between 1949 and 1953, touring with the side in Britain and South Africa. In the 1949 tour to New Zealand he played in 10 of the 12 matches, including both tests which were won by Australia. The latter tour was his finale with the wallabies and he did not feature in the test side on that tour. |
His position of choice was flanker and he played 8 tests for the wallabies between 1949 and 1953, touring with the side in Britain and South Africa. In the 1949 tour to New Zealand he played in 10 of the 12 matches, including both tests which were won by Australia. The latter tour was his finale with the wallabies and he did not feature in the test side on that tour. |
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After concluding his test career, he continued to lay for Eastern Suburbs until 1961. |
After concluding his test career, he continued to lay for [[Eastern Suburbs]] until 1961. |
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==Coaching Career== |
==Coaching Career== |
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John David "Brock" Brockhoff was an Australian Rugby Union player, coach, administrator and businessman who played 25 games, including 8 tests as flanker for the Wallabies between 1949 and 1953, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979. He also played for New South Wales between 1949 and 1954.
Early Life
Born in Sydney's Rose Bay, Brockoff was educated at Sydney’s Scots College, where he appeared in the First XV for three straight years. He was from a family who were successful in the flour milling business in Sydney and he was very successful in the biscuit industry.
Playing Career
He attended Sydney University]], where gained blues in rugby union through four consecutive years from 1948 to 1951, playing 95 games for the University club before he joined Eastern Suburbs in 1953.
His position of choice was flanker and he played 8 tests for the wallabies between 1949 and 1953, touring with the side in Britain and South Africa. In the 1949 tour to New Zealand he played in 10 of the 12 matches, including both tests which were won by Australia. The latter tour was his finale with the wallabies and he did not feature in the test side on that tour.
After concluding his test career, he continued to lay for Eastern Suburbs until 1961.
Coaching Career
His coaching philosophy was to get a fierce, dominant pack, make them brutal at the ruck and scrum, ensure they were intimate with something called the famous Vickers machine-gun tripod defence, and make certain the team had a kicking five-eighth.
He was appointed coach of Eastern Suburbs in 1963 and guided them to a premiership win in his first season as a coach. He later coached New South Wales on three separate occasions, 1970-71, 1973-74 and 1978.
He his most remembered as coach of the national side, the Wallabies, from 1974-79, remembered from this period as the man who restored pride to the Wallaby jersey. His first major success came in 1974-75 when Australia defeated England in two fiery Tests, while the final match of his tenure came in memorable circumstances when Australia beat New Zealand 12-6 in a one-off Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground to regain the Bledisloe Cup. The vision of Brockhoff grabbing the Bledisloe Cup and running around the perimeter of the SCG is one of the lasting images in Australian Rugby history. From this match onwards the Wallabies became much harder to beat than had previously been the case.
He sometimes had a testy relationship with other Australian rugby administrators due to his confrontational style and coaching his sides to be abrasive and aggressive but his success was undeniable.
Later Life
After coaching Brockhoff continued to be active in New South Wales and Australian rugby, frequently attending training sessions for both teams and would always see teams off at the airport and welcome back sides to Sydney.
He passed away at age 83 and was survived by his wife, daughter and two sons
References
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/the-legend-who-lived-large-for-rugby-20110617-1g7ta.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/rugby-loses-a-great-in-dave-brockoff/story-e6frg7o6-1226077237305 http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/5189.html