Cameron Shepherd

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Cameron Shepherd
Personal information
Full name Cameron Shepherd
Date of birth 30 March 1984 (1984-03-30) (age 24)
Place of birth Windsor, England
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School(s) attended Barker College
Relatives Patrick Shepherd
Club information
Position(s) Full-back / Wing
Current club Western Force
Number 15
Youth representative teams
2003 ‐ 05 Australia U-21
Super Rugby
Provincial sides
Perth Spirit
Perth-Bayswater
Super Rugby

2006 ‐		 New South Wales Waratahs
Western Force		 17 (30)
23 (236)
Representative teams
2006 ‐
2004 ‐		 Australia
Australia		 6 (19)

Cameron Shepherd (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Western Force in the international Super 14 competition. His usual position is at fullback or wing.

Shephard was born in England but grew up in Sydney playing basketball and rugby for Barker College in the CAS competition. He would later sign with the New South Wales Waratahs. In 2003 Shepherd represented Australia at the under-21 level and the following year he played for Australia A. In 2005, Shephard signed a three year deal with new franchise, the Western Force.

Following a successful season with the Force in their inugural season in 2006, Shepherd was included in the Wallabies squad. He scored his first test try on June 24, during the 2006 mid-year rugby test series against Ireland, at Subiaco Oval, which is currently the home ground of his Super 14 side, the Force.

On 9 September 2006 Shepherd received his first starting cap when he was selected on the wing for the Wallabies in the final test of the 2006 Tri Nations Series in South Africa.

Shepherd scored a conversion to his own try for the Force on the left touch-line after the siren on March 9, 2007 against the Hurricanes to record the first ever home win for the Force in the Super 14 competition. Before the try, the Force trailed 11-17, the try made the score 16-17 and the successful conversion resulted in an 18-17 win.

He is a member of the Australian squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and was selected at fullback for the final pool game against Canada in Bordeaux.

Former Wallabies kicking coach, Ben Perkins, ... "Cameron Shepherd is, potentially, the best goalkicker I have coached."

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