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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The Australian | October 08, 2009
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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Sydney Morning Herald - National | July 27, 2009
Sharpe grateful for Wallabies starts
He then backed up with storming games against France and Wales. "The question marks had been over Nathan Sharpe but over those three performances he really stood up and made it clear to people in Australia that he was not just a skilful...
In this article: World Cup, Australia, Surgery, Western Force, and NSW Waratahs
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Sharpe to miss Wallabies' UK rugby tour - Yahoo! News
Senior lock Nathan Sharpe said Thursday he needed shoulder surgery and would miss the Wallabies' tour of Japan and the United Kingdom in October-November.
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Nathan Sharpe will be a crucial part of a Wallabies team looking to reverse some ... Australian lock Nathan Sharpe has warned Wales to expect no mercy when the two ...
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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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