Brett Stapleton is a Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who played for the Western Force

Western Force

Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...

 in the Super 14

Super 14

Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...

 in 2007. Frustrated by the lack of opportunity in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 due to their plethora of quality backline

Backline

In Australian rules football, the term backline refers to a position on the field. The backline consists of 3 defenders, one in the left back pocket, one in the right back pocket, and one at full-back....

 players, he has taken up a contract with the Queensland Reds

Queensland Reds

The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...

 for 2008 and is currently playing for the East Coast Aces

East Coast Aces

The East Coast Aces were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Aces were formed as one of two Queensland based clubs that participated in the inaugural season of the championship, which started in August 2007 The East Coast Aces...

 in the Australian Rugby Championship

Australian Rugby Championship

The Australian Rugby Championship, often abbreviated to the ARC , was a domestic Rugby union football club competition in Australia which ran for only one season in August–October 2007...

 in its inaugural year. He is the brother of NRL

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 player Nathan Stapleton

Nathan Stapleton

Nathan Stapleton is an Australian Rugby league player in the National Rugby League, from Deepwater in the New England region of Northern New South Wales. He plays for the Cronulla Sharks. He attended Toowoomba Grammar School and The Southport School, where he competed in many sports in the GPS...

Stapleton is 190 cm and weighs 90 kg. He plays on the wing and is known for his blistering pace.
He has a PB for the 100m sprint of 10.2s In the QLD GPS athletics championships in 2005 he ran 10.69 (with the record being 10.68) but unluckley pulled his hamstring 5m from the finish line and dived over instead