Daniel Vickerman
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Daniel Vickerman | |
| Date of birth | 4 June 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Height | 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | |
| School(s) attended | Diocesan College, Cape Town | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Lock | |
| Current club | New South Wales Waratahs | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Youth representative teams | ||
| 1999 2000 |
South Africa U-21 Australia U-21 |
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| Super Rugby | ||
| Provincial sides | ||
| 2001 ‐ 04 2004 ‐ 2004 ‐ |
Brumbies New South Wales Waratahs Sydney University |
34 (5) 37 (0) |
| Super Rugby | ||
| 2001 ‐ 04 2004 ‐ |
Brumbies New South Wales Waratahs |
33 (5) 37 (0) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2002 ‐ 2002 ‐ |
Australia A Australia |
52 (0) |
Daniel Vickerman (born 4 June 1979 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the international Super 14 competition and has represented Australia. He previously played for the Brumbies from 2001 to 2003. He is 204 cm tall, and weighs in at 119kg.
In 1999 he represented South Africa in the under-21 team. He soon moved to Australia and was selected in the under-21 Australian side. In 2001 he was contracted by the Brumbies and made his debut that season in a Super 12 match against the Sharks in Durban. He played a total of seven Super 12 games that season. In 2002, he was selected to play for Australia A in Canada that year. He went on to make his test debut that year in Sydney in a match against France.
The following season he played numerous tests for the Wallabies, becoming a regular either as a starter or off the bench. He also signed with the Waratahs for the 2004 season. He was a replacement in all the domestic Wallaby tests in 2004, but became the starting lock on the end of year United Kingdom and France tour. In 2006 he started in all but one match for the Waratahs who made it to the finals of the 2006 Super 14 season. He was subsequently named in John Connolly's Wallaby squad.
Vickerman had a shoulder reconstruction in November 2006. He returned to rugby union in a test match against Wales coming off the bench.[1] Although missing most of the 2007 Super 14 season through injury, Vickerman returned to the Test scene and has cemented his place back in the Wallaby starting line up. Vickerman was named in the Wallabies 2007 Rugby World Cup squad.
Vickerman missed out on making Robbie Deans' 2008 Wallabies squad because of an injury he sustained in the 2008 Super 14 final. He is expected to leave Australia at the end of 2008 to play rugby and continue his studies in Europe.
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