Sean Hardman
Encyclopedia
Sean Hardman is an Australia
n rugby union
player who plays Hooker for the Queensland Reds
in the international Super 14
competition.
third string hooker at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
behind Adam Freier
and then Reds team mate Stephen Moore
.
Hardman made his test debut against France
in 2002 but slowly fell out of favour with the Wallaby selectors despite consistent form with the Reds and did not make another test appearance until 2006 in the Wallabies 49-0 defeat against the Springboks
with a cameo off the bench. Hardman would again play for the Wallabies against a second string South African side in the 2007 tri nations, again off the bench and was a surprise inclusion into the Wallabies 2007 Rugby World cup squad as the third hooker as it was expected that either Jeremy Paul
(who was a highly controversial omission from the squad in the beginning of the test season as he was rated Australia's best hooker and had been the number one choice since 2004) or boom young gun Tatafu Polota-Nau
would be chosen ahead of him.
Hardman played one game at the world cup coming off the bench against Canada in Australia's final pool match. Hardman's 2008 Super 14
season was mostly one of coming off the bench to replace Moore. With Moore's departure to Brumbies, opportunities may be more forthcoming in 2009.
At School, he was in some of the same classes as Jason Akermanis
. They were also both born in 1977.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n 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 plays Hooker for 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...
in the international Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
competition.
Career
Hardman debuted for the Reds in 1999 against the Auckland Blues and has since played over 100 games for the Queensland side. Hardman has also represented Australia at test, under 21 and A level and is currently The WallabiesAustralia 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...
third string hooker at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
behind Adam Freier
Adam Freier
Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. He most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at hooker...
and then Reds team mate Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore (rugby player)
Stephen Moore is an Australian rugby union footballer. Born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, Stephen and his family moved back to Tuam, Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988...
.
Hardman made his test debut against France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
in 2002 but slowly fell out of favour with the Wallaby selectors despite consistent form with the Reds and did not make another test appearance until 2006 in the Wallabies 49-0 defeat against the Springboks
South Africa national rugby union team
The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
with a cameo off the bench. Hardman would again play for the Wallabies against a second string South African side in the 2007 tri nations, again off the bench and was a surprise inclusion into the Wallabies 2007 Rugby World cup squad as the third hooker as it was expected that either Jeremy Paul
Jeremy Paul
Jeremy Paul is a New Zealand-born Australia rugby union player. He played hooker and prop for the wallabies and the ACT Brumbies.At the end of 2005, Paul was awarded the John Eales Medal, receiving 194 votes from his teammates...
(who was a highly controversial omission from the squad in the beginning of the test season as he was rated Australia's best hooker and had been the number one choice since 2004) or boom young gun Tatafu Polota-Nau
Tatafu Polota-Nau
- Biography :At 25 years of age, Polota-Nau achieved the rare feat of Test selection before playing a match at Super 14 level. His performances in his Test debut against England at Twickenham and in the win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road were impressive.v Signed to the New South Wales Waratahs...
would be chosen ahead of him.
Hardman played one game at the world cup coming off the bench against Canada in Australia's final pool match. Hardman's 2008 Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
season was mostly one of coming off the bench to replace Moore. With Moore's departure to Brumbies, opportunities may be more forthcoming in 2009.
At School, he was in some of the same classes as Jason Akermanis
Jason Akermanis
Jason Dean Akermanis is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs...
. They were also both born in 1977.