Steve Lidbury | |
Full Name: | Stephen Michael John Lidbury |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1960 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Position: | Flanker / No. 8 |
Repyears1: | 1987–88 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Stephen Michael John Lidbury (born 22 May 1960) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Born in Sydney, Lidbury attended Pittwater High School.[1]
Lidbury, a powerful back-row forward, played in the Shute Shield for Warringah. He was capped twice by the Wallabies, as a number eight on the 1987 tour of Argentina, then as a flanker in a home Test against England in 1988.[1]
In October 1988, Lidbury was signed by rugby league club the Canberra Raiders on a two-year contract, but injury would prevent him an opportunity to play first-grade.[2] He suffered a near fatal broken neck in a 1989 reserves game against Penrith while packing a scrum, ending his sporting career.[3] [4]