Nathan Sharpe
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Wallabies are rocky says Lynagh...he knows his subject. Australia, shorn of Stirling Mortlock, Berrick Barnes and Nathan Sharpe, and under new captaincy in Rocky Elsom, go on to play Ireland, Scotland and Wales on successive weekends. If they succeed where Lynagh... In this article: England, Australia, Stirling Mortlock, Berrick Barnes, and Nathan Sharpe |
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sportinglife | November 05, 2009
WALLABIES TURN TO SMITH
...apathetic over their lack of success. Deans has not been helped by the loss of three of the Wallabies' biggest names in centre Berrick Barnes, lock Nathan Sharpe and back row Phil Waugh to injury. Former captain Stirling Mortlock is...
In this article: Brumbies, Queensland Reds, Western Force, Leicester, Robbie Deans, Quade Cooper, Adam Ashley Cooper, and Harlequins
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NATHAN SHARPE OUT OF WALLABY TOUR
...SHARPE OUT OF WALLABY TOUR Australia's veteran lock Nathan Sharpe is to undergo shoulder surgery and will miss the Wallabies' end-of-year trip to Japan and the Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland. Western Force captain initially...
In this article: Robbie Deans, James Horwill, Western Force, Sydney, Surgery, St Ignatius College, Shoulder surgery, and Digby Ioane
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International Herald Tribune | July 01, 2008
Australia crushes France, 34-13 - International Herald Tribune
...stadium. Matt Giteau, Nathan Sharpe, Rocky Elsom and Stirling Mortlock all crossed over as the Wallabies fell just short of their record 23-point winning margin over the French, the 35-12 World Cup final victory in 1999. Deans said the...
In this article: Australia, France, Robbie Deans, World Cup, Dimitri Yachvili, and Matt Giteau
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The Australian | October 07, 2009
Sharpe to undergo shoulder surgery
...surgery Nathan Sharpe to undergo shoulder surgery TEST veteran Nathan Sharpe is to go undergo further shoulder surgery in a desperate bid to extend his international career. Sharpe, 31, was this morning withdrawn from the Wallaby...
In this article: Shoulder surgery, St Ignatius College, Digby Ioane, Sekope Kepu, and Rocky Elsom
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Mortlock dumped as Test captain
All are powerful set-piece teams that will now - following the announcement that Nathan Sharpe will miss the tour to undergo shoulder surgery - fancy their chances of putting as much pressure on the Wallabies' lineout as on their scrum.
In this article: Stirling Mortlock, Matt Giteau, George Smith, World Cup, Robbie Deans, Berrick Barnes, Barbarians, and All Blacks
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Nathan Sharpe (born 26 February 1978 in Wagga Wagga) is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.
Sharpe was raised in the Riverina city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and his first sporting love was Australian rules football. He started playing rugby union upon moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland. At schoolboy level, he representated The Southport School first XV in 1995 as well as the schools 1st VIII Rowing Team. During 1996, Sharpe played for the under-19 Australian rugby union team. The following year he went on to play for the under-21s national side.
In 2002 he was voted as the Australian Rugby Medal for Excellence which, the award which is voted for by players from all the Australian Super 12 teams (then, Queensland Reds, New South Wales Waratahs and the ACT Brumbies). That same year, Sharpe made his debut for the Wallabies against France.
In 2003, he was voted Super 12 Player of the Year by The Australian newspaper. He went on to play in all seven games of the 2003 Rugby World Cup, which included the loss against England in the final.
He captained the Australian team in the Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks in Wellington in July 2004 in the absence of George Gregan.
In 2005, he was named on the bench of the Wallaby Team of the Decade. That year, he also made a high profile move to the Western Force, the new Super 14 franchise that would be competing in the new 2006 Super 14 season. He finished his career at the Queensland Reds with 71 games. Sharpe became the inaugural captain of the Force.
- Full Name:
- Nathan Sharpe
- Birth Date:
- February 26, 1978
- Birth City:
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
- Birth Country:
- Australia
- Weight:
- 115 kg
- Current team:
- Western Force
- Position:
- Lock
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