Bob Egerton
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Robert 'Bob' Egerton born 6 March 1963 Lae
, New Guinea
was an Australian International Rugby
Player whose short-lived career at the very highest level of the game was timed to perfection. Rob won only nine caps for the Wallabies
, all in a 13 week spell in 1991, with his final appearance coming in the biggest game in the sport - the Rugby World Cup
final. He helped Australia to a 12-6 victory that day against England
at Twickenham
, bringing to an end a short - but very sweet - international career.
He worked as a Biology teacher at the Sydney Grammar School
but left in 2010 to take up the position as Team Manager of the Wallabies
Lae
Lae, the capital of Morobe Province, is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located at the start of the Highlands Highway which is the main land transport corridor from the Highlands region to the coast...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
was an Australian International Rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
Player whose short-lived career at the very highest level of the game was timed to perfection. Rob won only nine caps for the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
, all in a 13 week spell in 1991, with his final appearance coming in the biggest game in the sport - the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
final. He helped Australia to a 12-6 victory that day against England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
at Twickenham
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
, bringing to an end a short - but very sweet - international career.
He worked as a Biology teacher at the Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
but left in 2010 to take up the position as Team Manager of the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...