Andy Marinos
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| Full name | Andrew William Nicko Marinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1972 Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 1 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy Marinos is a Zimbabwean former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.
Rugby league career
Marinos signed for Australian rugby league club the Sydney Bulldogs in 1996, playing in one match.[2] In 1997, he represented South Africa at the Super League World Nines.
Rugby union career
A centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[3]
Administration
He later worked as the CEO of Rodney Parade, before returning to South Africa in 2005.[4]
He was the CEO of SANZAAR, a rugby committee in charge of expanding and maintaining the game of rugby union in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina since late 2015.[5]
In December 2020 Marinos was announced as chief executive officer of Rugby Australia. He took over the position from interim CEO Rob Clarke in February 2021.[5]
References
- ^ Andy Marinos espnscrum.com
- ^ a b Andy Marinos rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Andy Marinos Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Newport Gwent Dragons
- ^ Andy Marinos Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Black and Ambers
- ^ a b Decent, Tom (23 December 2020). "'He's rugby to the core': Marinos named new Rugby Australia CEO". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1973 births
- Living people
- White Rhodesian people
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Dragons RFC players
- Zimbabwean rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Harare
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Stormers players
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- South Africa national rugby league team players
- South African rugby league players
- Rugby union officials
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby league centres
- Zimbabwean rugby league players
- Alumni of Northwood School, Durban
- Zimbabwean expatriate rugby union players
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- Zimbabwean sports executives and administrators
- Sportspeople from Harare
- Expatriate rugby league players in Australia
- Expatriate rugby union players in South Africa
- Naturalised citizens of South Africa
- Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
- Naturalised sports competitors