Mike Hercus

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Mike Hercus
Date of birth	June 06, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Falls Church, Virginia
Height	1.78 m
Weight	82 kg
Rugby union career
Position	Fly-half
Amateur clubs
1994-2	Belmont Shore
correct as of 1 Sept 2006.
Professional clubs		Caps	(points)
2005-	Sale Sharks	?	(?)
correct as of 24 Sept 2006.
Provincial/State sides
2006-present ?-2006	Newport Gwent Dragons Llanelli Scarlets	9 ?	(11) ()
correct as of 7 December 2006.
National team(s)
??-present	United States	32	(361)
correct as of 1 December 2006.
Other Information
School attended	Sydney Church of England Grammar School

Mike Hercus (born June 6, 1979 in Falls Church, Virginia) is an American rugby union footballer who plays for the USA Eagles and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He plays at fly-half.

He was born in Virginia but his parents returned to their native Australia where he was brought up. He played for Australian schoolboys and progressed to the Australia under 21 side before the Eagles gave him a route into international rugby union. He made his Rugby World Cup debut in 2003, scoring 51 points for the Eagles. He was at Sale Sharks for two seasons as Charlie Hodgson's understudy before he moved to Llanelli Scarlets. There Hercus was able to nail down a starting position at flyhalf, even starting in the 2006 Powergen Cup final (which Llanelli lost to London Wasps 26-10). However with Welsh international Flyhalf Stephen Jones set to move to Llanelli, Hercus moved to the Newport Gwent Dragons in the summer of 2006. He captained The US Eagles for the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay. He returned to the USA for the start of the 2007 Rugby Super League where he plays for Belmont Shore and is in the US Falcons NA4 squad.

[[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] • [[Template talk:{{{1}}}\|d]] • [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e] United States squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup
Forwards:	Clever • Dorsey • Fifita • Gouws • Gross • Hodges • Khasigian • Klerck • Liddington • Lyle • MacDonald • Parker • Schubert • Tarpoff • Waasdorp • Wyatt
Backs:	Buchholz • Cross • Dalzell • Eloff • Emerick • Fee • Hercus • Keyter • Kjar • Sherman • Sika • Timoteo • Van Zyl • Wilfley
Coach:	Billups