Marty Roebuck is a former Australian rugby union

Rugby union

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 footballer who represented New South Wales

New South Wales Rugby Union

The New South Wales Rugby Union is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia...

 and 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...

 as a fullback.

Born in Lithgow, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 and educated at St Stanislaus College

St Stanislaus College (Bathurst)

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, Roebuck was also a physiotherapist and played rugby while working when the game was strictly amateur.
A test regular from his debut in 1991 against Wales in the 63-3 annihaltion in which he scored two tries, he went on to win the 1991 Rugby World Cup

1991 Rugby World Cup

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 with Australia. On the tour to Europe he took the kicking duties from Michael Lynagh

Michael Lynagh

Michael Lynagh is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played as a Fly-half.Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record...

 who had been Australia's regular kicker since 1984. In 1991 his Waratahs team went through the competition undefeated. His 23rd and final test was against France

France national rugby union team

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 on 6 November 1993 which 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...

 won 24-3. Roebuck scored all the points except for Tim Gavin's try. He announced his retirement immediately after the game.