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
[edit]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
[edit]A centre, Marinos played for the Stormers, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He also represented Wales.[3]
Administration
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Andy Marinos ESPNscrum
- ^ 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.
- 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