Graeme Bond (rugby union)
| Full name | Graeme Stephen Geoffrey Bond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 May 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Duke of York Island, PNG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graeme Stephen Geoffrey Bond (born 21 May 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby union player for the NSW Waratahs, ACT Brumbies and Sale Sharks.[1] He represented Australia in five Test matches as a centre and winger.[2]
Bond was born in Papua New Guinea and attended Brisbane's Marist College. He won a Super 12 title with the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and debuted for the Wallabies that year against the Springboks in Perth. On the 2001 Wallabies tour of Europe, he featured in a further four Test matches and scored his only international try in a win over Spain. He played for the Sale Sharks from 2002 to 2004, before being forced into retirement due to a neck injury.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Durable Bond cements spot". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 2001.
- ^ "Graeme Stephen Geoffrey Bond". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Former Wallaby Bond retires from rugby". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 December 2004.
External links
[edit]- Graeme Bond at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Sale Sharks players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
- People from East New Britain Province
- People educated at Marist College Ashgrove
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in England