Mick Mathers Explained

Mick Mathers
Birth Name:Michael John Mathers
Birth Date:1 March 1955
Birth Place:Perth
Position:Lock
Repteam1:Schoolboys
Repteam2:Australia
Repyears1:1973–1974
Repyears2:1980
Repcaps2:2
Reppoints2:0
Clubs1:Eastwood
Province1:New South Wales
Provinceyears1:1979–1981
Provinceapps1:14
Provincepoints1:0
Occupation:Teacher
School:Sydney Church of England Grammar North Sydney

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

  1. http://eastwoodrugby.rugbynet.com.au/verve/_resources/bert_gunns_honour_roll_-_duplicate.htm BERT GUNNS HONOUR ROLL
  2. Web site: HSBC Waratahs Representatives . 17 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130426090409/http://www.waratahs.com.au/Waratahs/Team/Statistics/AllTimePlayerList.aspx . 26 April 2013 . dead .
  3. http://austschools.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=24298 ASRU CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS 1973 - 2012
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20060827021316/http://wallabies.rugby.com.au/news/australian_schoolboys_to_play_samoa_at_ballymore%2C33033.html Australian Schoolboys to play Samoa at Ballymore
  5. http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/9187.html Mick Mathers
  6. http://www.uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/1979.pdf UNIÓN ARGENTINA DE RUGBY MEMORIA Temporada año 1979
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19811210&id=FqlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2016,3280443 Wallabies' forgotten men reappears
  8. http://www.nswrugby.com.au/NSWRugby/News/NewsArticle/tabid/374/ArticleID/6241/Default.aspx Tim Gavin elected President of NSW Rugby Union